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This week in the War, 11–17 September 1944: Operation Market Garden

Posted on September 15, 2016 by secondbysecond

This week in the war, 17 September 1944, saw the opening of Operation Market Garden. Allied parachute and glider troops landed behind German lines in three locations in Holland. The object was to seize the bridges near Arnhem, Eindoven and Nijmegen. The … Continue reading →

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This week in the War, 30 Aug–5 Sept 1943: The Invasion of Italy

Posted on September 3, 2015 by secondbysecond

This week in the war, on the morning of 3 September 1943, General Bernard Montgomery’s Eighth Army invaded the mainland of southern Italy. It was the beginning of what would become a two-pronged assault on the Italian mainland, with Lieutenant-General Mark … Continue reading →

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This week in the War, 5 July–11 July 1943: The invasion of Sicily—Operation Husky

Posted on July 6, 2015 by secondbysecond

This week in the war, on the night of 9/10 July 1943, the Allies launched Operation Husky, an amphibious and airborne invasion of Sicily that foreshadowed the similar but much larger invasion of Normandy (D-Day). The aim of the Sicily/Italian campaign … Continue reading →

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This week in the War, 19–25 October 1942: The Battle of El Alamein

Posted on October 19, 2014 by secondbysecond

For the Allies, there was little reason for optimism at start of 1942. By the end of the year, the situation had changed dramatically. The Americans had scored a massive naval victory at the Battle of Midway, the Russians had triumphed … Continue reading →

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This week in the War, 31 Aug–6 Sept 1942: The Battle of Alam Halfa

Posted on September 6, 2014 by secondbysecond

The Battle of Alam Halfa was fought in the Egyptian desert between 31 August and 6 September 1942. This was a defensive battle designed to blunt Erwin Rommel’s Afrika Korps offensive and to prepare the way for the British Eighth … Continue reading →

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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, 20–26 January 1941: Tobruk

Posted on January 25, 2013 by secondbysecond

Forces under British general Richard O’Connor—and the Australian 6th Division, in particular—were racing westward along the coast of Libya. This week in the war, on 22 January 1941, they captured Tobruk—one of the most heavily fortified towns in Italy’s colonial … Continue reading →

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