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Category Archives: World War II
This week in the War, 21–27 July 1941: Karl & Katyusha
The Soviet fortress of Brest-Litovsk surrendered, this week in the war, 23 July 1941. The garrison had been continuously bombarded by the Luftwaffe and by Karl, a giant mortar that fired a two-ton-plus projectile. It was the first time that the … Continue reading
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Tagged Battle of the Bulge, Brest-Litovsk, Karl, Karl Becker, Katyusha, rocket launcher
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This week in the War, 14–20 July 1941: V for Victory
This week in the war, at midnight on 19 July 1941, the mobilization of the V Army was announced on the BBC by ‘Colonel Britton’. In reality, Colonel Britton was Douglas Ritchie, later to become the European broadcasting director for … Continue reading
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Tagged Churchill, Colonel Britton, Douglas Ritchie, V Army, V-for-Victory campaign
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This week in the War, 7–13 July 1941: US marines land in Iceland
On 8 July 1941, United States marines arrived in Iceland to relieve the British forces that had been occupying the island since May. Fearing that Germany might use Iceland as a base for U-boats and the Luftwaffe, Britain had offered … Continue reading
This week in the War, 30 June–6 July 1941: “…we cannot save freedom with pitchforks…”
“…we cannot save freedom with pitchforks and muskets…,” President Roosevelt declared over the radio in his Fourth of July Address. “We know that we cannot save freedom in our own midst, in our own land, if all around us our … Continue reading
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Tagged Fourth of July, pitchforks, Roosevelt
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This week in the War, 16–22 June 1941: If Hitler invaded Hell…
“If Hitler invaded Hell, I would at least make a favourable reference to the Devil in the House of Commons,” Churchill joked to his private secretary. This week in the war, on the evening of 22 June 1941, Churchill broadcast … Continue reading
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Tagged Churchill, Soviet Union, USSR
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This week in the War, 9–15 June 1941: Eighty-eights blunt Battleaxe in Hellfire Pass
If the Luftwaffe had the Messerschmitt 109, and the Kriegsmarine the U-boat, then the German army could surely claim the eighty-eight millimetre anti-tank (originally anti-aircraft) gun. It was the weapon that never lost its edge. Diverting resources for an expeditionary … Continue reading
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Tagged 88mm, Eighty-eight, Frank Messervy, Halfaya Pass, Hellfire Pass, Operation Battleaxe
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Vignette: Les amants de Carcassonne—The Lovers of Carcassonne
If your taste in poetry is inclined towards the pure and noble, but at the same time, tragic, you need look no further than France’s Joë Bousquet (1897–1950). He was born in Narbonne, in the land of the Cathars and … Continue reading
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Tagged bande dessinee, Carcassonne, Joe Bousquet, LF Bollee, Linette, Luca Malisan
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