[Homer_J_Simpson]

Selections from West Point Atlas for the Second World War
Eastern Europe, 1941: Russian Leningrad and Ukraine Offensives – Operations, 2 December 1943-30 April 1944
Allied Advance to Volturno River, Reorganization, and Attack on Gustav Line (17 January-11 May 1944)
Anzio-Cassino Area, 1943: Attempts to Cross Rapido and Garigliano Rivers, 17-20 January 1944. Anzio Landing, 22 January 1944. German Counterattack at Anzio, 16-19 February 1944
New Guinea and Alamo Force Operations: Clearing the Huon Peninsula and Securing the Straits, 19 September 1943-26 April 1944
Cartwheel, the Seizure of the Gilberts and Marshalls, and Concurrent Air and Naval Operations, 30 June 1943-26 April 1944
The Far East and the Pacific, 1941: Original Allied Strategic Concept, May 1943; Situation in Pacific, 1 November 1943

[Homer_J_Simpson]

[Continued from yesterday.]

9 February. A patrol from Company K, 128th Infantry, marching across country, received fire from light machine guns and rifles. Captain Mooney, CO of Company K, and 5 men were killed in this action. The rest of the patrol withdrew under heavy fire.

Several bridges washed out by heavy rains.

Major General H.W. Blakeley, USA, Ret., The 32d Infantry Division in World War II

[tcrlaf]

The loss of the Nikopol mines has a HUGE effect on German Steel production.

Starting shortly, Speer orders that Manganese content, as well as nickel, in steel be cut back severely, making armor more brittle, and prone to penetration.

By June, Germany will have less than 30 days supply of some critical minerals like Chromium, Manganese, and Nickel.

Speer stated after the war that the loss of Nickel deliveries from the Petsamo, Finland mines is when he realized Germany had no hope of winning the war, no matter what he did.