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When we study the history of WW 2 and read of the many fierce
When we study the history of WW 2 and read of the many fierce battles that occurred over the battlefields, here is one for the record books during the...
When we study the history of WW 2 and read of the many fierce battles that occurred over the battlefields, here is one for the record books during the...
75 years ago today…
January 12, 1940
After an 18-day
75 years ago today… January 12, 1940 After an 18-day respite, Soviet planes resume bombing of Helsinki, Abo, and Lahti in Finland. Secret meeting...
75 years ago today… January 12, 1940 After an 18-day respite, Soviet planes resume bombing of Helsinki, Abo, and Lahti in Finland. Secret meeting...
75 years ago today…
January 10, 1940
Hitler sets 17
75 years ago today… January 10, 1940 Hitler sets 17 January as date for western offensive into France and the Low Countries. A Bf 108 Taifun made...
75 years ago today… January 10, 1940 Hitler sets 17 January as date for western offensive into France and the Low Countries. A Bf 108 Taifun made...
75 years ago today…
January 4, 1940
Finns give Soviet 44th
75 years ago today… January 4, 1940 Finns give Soviet 44th division another day to suffer in the subzero temperatures while they prepare for an as...
75 years ago today… January 4, 1940 Finns give Soviet 44th division another day to suffer in the subzero temperatures while they prepare for an as...
75 years ago today…
January 3, 1940
Finnish units continue
75 years ago today… January 3, 1940 Finnish units continue attacking Soviet 44th Motorized Rifle Division of 9th Army in the Suomussalmi sector. S...
75 years ago today… January 3, 1940 Finnish units continue attacking Soviet 44th Motorized Rifle Division of 9th Army in the Suomussalmi sector. S...
75 years ago today…
January 2, 1940
Battle of the Raate
75 years ago today… January 2, 1940 Battle of the Raate Road: The Soviet 44th division (of 9th Army ) now stretches 30 km, resembling a fallen tre...
75 years ago today… January 2, 1940 Battle of the Raate Road: The Soviet 44th division (of 9th Army ) now stretches 30 km, resembling a fallen tre...
75 years ago today…
December 31, 1939
Hitler tells a
75 years ago today… December 31, 1939 Hitler tells a private meeting of his Gauleiter at the end of 1939, The Jews may deceive the world... but th...
75 years ago today… December 31, 1939 Hitler tells a private meeting of his Gauleiter at the end of 1939, The Jews may deceive the world... but th...
75 years ago today…
December 29, 1939
Soviet 163rd
75 years ago today… December 29, 1939 Soviet 163rd Division, trapped in the Finnish village of Suomussalmi for the past 22 days, began evacuating ...
75 years ago today… December 29, 1939 Soviet 163rd Division, trapped in the Finnish village of Suomussalmi for the past 22 days, began evacuating ...
75 years ago today…
December 27, 1939
In Finland, The
75 years ago today… December 27, 1939 In Finland, The Soviet 13th Army ended its attacks on the north end of the Mannerheim Line. In the Russo-F...
75 years ago today… December 27, 1939 In Finland, The Soviet 13th Army ended its attacks on the north end of the Mannerheim Line. In the Russo-F...
December 19, 1939
The Soviet 7th Army conducts the heaviest
December 19, 1939 The Soviet 7th Army conducts the heaviest attacks yet against the Mannerheim Line in the Summa sector. In their attack on Summa, th...
December 19, 1939 The Soviet 7th Army conducts the heaviest attacks yet against the Mannerheim Line in the Summa sector. In their attack on Summa, th...
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