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on March 17, 2008
"NUTS!" . . . With one now very famous reply to a German demand for surrender, the American garrisonholed up in Bastogne, Belgium, on 22 December 1944 ...
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on March 14, 2008
Having successfully warded off the threat of imminent German invasion in 1940, the British gave considerable thought to hitting back at the Germans. While the British had achieved some morale-building ...
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Marcus Cowper on July 01, 2002
Douglas MacArthur was born on 26 January 1880 in Little Rock, Arkansas, the third child of the renowned Civil War general Arthur MacArthur II. He had won renown in the Civil War as the 'boy colonel', winning the ...
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Jon Lake on May 01, 2002
Regarded by some of his detractors as little short of a war criminal, and as a war-winning hero by his admirers, Sir Arthur Harris, Bomber Command’s wartime Commander-in-Chief, remains an extremely controversial figure ...
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Stephen A Hart on March 01, 2002
'Ostheer: January-July 1943 Defensive recovery and offensive disaster' described how the German Army threw away the precious strategic reserve husbanded by Heinz Guderian during spring 1943 in their ill-conceived July 1943 ‘Citadel’ offensive ...
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Stephen A Hart on January 01, 2002
1943 was the pivotal year in Germany’s ideological struggle against the Soviet Union on the Eastern Front, the principal theatre in which the fate of Hitler’s supposed 1,000-year Reich was decided. This is the first of two ...
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Gordon L Rottman on January 01, 2002
The Kamikaze concept was proposed by Vice Admiral Takijiro Onishi, commanding the 1st Air Fleet on Luzon, on 19 October 1944 as a means of attacking and ensuring the destruction of American carriers. Kamikaze means ...
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Gordon Williamson on November 01, 2001
The U-Boat badge can trace its origins back to the days of the Kaiser's Navy. It was first introduced on 1 February 1918 to reward those U-Boat crews who had participated in at least three war cruises against the enemy. The badge consisted of ...
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Steven J Zaloga on July 01, 2001
Popular histories of modern wars inevitably simplify events and create myths and legends. The campaign in Normandy has created more than most, especially in view of the numerous television documentaries on this theme. For example, it is difficult to find an account of the breakout from Normandy ...
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Neil Short on May 01, 2001
In his article 'Advancing Backwards' (Osprey Military Journal issue 2.1) Charles Winchester gave a detailed reappraisal of the German Army in the Second World War. He concludes that the Wehrmacht ...