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This week in the War, 3–9 August 1942: Monty is put in charge

Posted on August 9, 2014 by secondbysecond

This week in the war, 4 August 1942, Churchill arrived in Cairo to visit the front. He found no fault with the troops or even much fault with the equipment. The problem, he concluded, was at the top. Churchill had lost … Continue reading →

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This week in the War, 17–23 November 1941: Get Rommel

Posted on November 21, 2013 by secondbysecond

This week in the war, at midnight on 17 November 1941, Lieutenant-Colonel Geoffrey Keyes of the British SAS was overpowering one of the German guards at the headquarters of Lieutenant-General Erwin Rommel in Libya, North Africa. Keyes was leader of … Continue reading →

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