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To: Homer_J_Simpson
Continued from yesterday.

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Winston S. Churchill, Triumph and Tragedy

5 posted on 08/08/2014 4:48:26 AM PDT by Homer_J_Simpson ("Every nation has the government that it deserves." - Joseph de Maistre (1753-1821))
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To: r9etb; PzLdr; dfwgator; Paisan; From many - one.; rockinqsranch; 2banana; henkster; meandog; ...
135 Tanks Smashed (Daniel) – 2-3
Air Attack Saves Americans’ Lines (Middleton) – 3-4
Americans Face another Cherbourg as Trapped Foe Fights in St. Malo – 4
The Allied Forces Hammering at German Positions as They Drive through France (photos) – 5-7
War News Summarized – 6
Galicia Zone Freed – 8-9
Poles in Warsaw Regain Lost Area – 9
Allies are Massing for Arno Offensive – 10
‘War in a Museum’ Waged by Germans at Florence (McCormick) – 10
Nazis’ Oil Bombed as Far as Silesia – 11
Guam Almost Won, Our Men Press On (Horne, Trumbull) – 11
Many Japanese Killed in Trap East of Aitape in New Guinea (Parrott) – 12
Allies Push Gains on Mandalay Road – 12
Unexpected Visitors Drop In on the Japanese (photo) – 13
The Texts of the Day’s Communiques on Fighting in Various Zones – 14-16
English Art Treasures Destroyed by Robot Bomb (photo) – 16
6 posted on 08/08/2014 4:50:21 AM PDT by Homer_J_Simpson ("Every nation has the government that it deserves." - Joseph de Maistre (1753-1821))
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To: Homer_J_Simpson

Whaddyathink? Although Operation Dragoon was successful, was Churchill right that his alternative to attack through the Balkins would have done double duty of routing the Germans and also halting the Soviet advance?


17 posted on 08/08/2014 10:52:23 AM PDT by PapaNew (The grace of God & freedom always win the debate over unjust law & government in the forum of ideas)
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