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Tag Archives: Frank Messervy
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
Posted in World War II
Tagged 88mm, Eighty-eight, Frank Messervy, Halfaya Pass, Hellfire Pass, Operation Battleaxe
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This week in the War, 24–30 March 1941: The Fall of Keren—The Unknown Victory
This week in the war, 27 March 1941, the city of Keren in Eritrea, Italian East Africa, fell to a combined force of British Army, Indian Army and Free French forces, under the command of British general William Platt. Following … Continue reading
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Tagged Battle of Keren, Eritrea, Frank Messervy, Henry Maule, Keren, Wavell, William Platt
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