To: Homer_J_Simpson
Continued from yesterday.
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))
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 Days 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))
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
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