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... ashore . The Germans not unnaturally saw that one coming . As early as August , well before the invasion , they had ... ashore at Salerno . The imme- diate effect it created was : " Well , this is going to be an easy landing after all ...
... ashore . The Germans not unnaturally saw that one coming . As early as August , well before the invasion , they had ... ashore at Salerno . The imme- diate effect it created was : " Well , this is going to be an easy landing after all ...
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... ashore , Americans , British and Canadians . The Atlantic Wall was broken on a front of sixty miles . Rommel's attempt to hold and smash the assault on the beaches had completely failed . The original impetus had already carried the ...
... ashore , Americans , British and Canadians . The Atlantic Wall was broken on a front of sixty miles . Rommel's attempt to hold and smash the assault on the beaches had completely failed . The original impetus had already carried the ...
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... ashore in Normandy , or about to come ashore . The bridgehead was stretched like a drum . Even though a completely new system of roads and ports had been built , the traffic blocks sometimes extended for ten or fifteen miles . We were ...
... ashore in Normandy , or about to come ashore . The bridgehead was stretched like a drum . Even though a completely new system of roads and ports had been built , the traffic blocks sometimes extended for ten or fifteen miles . We were ...
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THE BATTLE OF THE ARDENNES | 14 |
THE DAY AFTER | 20 |
Southern Italy | 26 |
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