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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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