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Battlesremembered: There Will Be No Dunkirk Here
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Saturday, April 26, 2008. There Will Be No Dunkirk Here. 8220;There will be no Dunkirk here”… General Leslie J. Morshead, Commanding Officer Tobruk. Tobruk is strategically located between Tripoli and Alexandria. The Italians held the port at the beginning of the war. They built extensive fortifications around the port flanked by the sea on both ends. The British began their counter-offensive in December 1940 and took the port from the Italians on 22 January 1941. The courageous and tenacious defenders m...
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Battlesremembered: Where Uncommon Valor was a Common Virtue
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Tuesday, May 20, 2008. Where Uncommon Valor was a Common Virtue. This latest post is a work in process:. Where Uncommon Valor was a Common Virtue…. Island of Iwo Jima February 24nd, 1945. Friday was the day to take Suribachi. The extinct volcano rose from the tiny. Atoll as a symbol of defiance. By the end of D plus 3 the power that was once. Invested by the Japanese in Suribachi Yama had been broken. However, there was. And pillboxes. Elements of the 28th Marine Regiment were tasked with taking. The 4th...
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Battlesremembered: April 2008
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Saturday, April 26, 2008. Tarawa, Bloody Tarawa. With the close of the campaign in the Solomon Islands, Admiral Nimitz’s Central Pacific Campaign is launched. The Gilbert Islands are the first objectives of this campaign. They. Are the stepping stones that need to be taken so that the U. S. Pacific fleet can then take. The Marshall Islands, which contain the largest atoll in the world, Kwajalein, with it’s massive anchorage and wonderful airfields. The combination of reef and tide, as well as the America...
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Battlesremembered: May 2008
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Tuesday, May 20, 2008. Where Uncommon Valor was a Common Virtue. This latest post is a work in process:. Where Uncommon Valor was a Common Virtue…. Island of Iwo Jima February 24nd, 1945. Friday was the day to take Suribachi. The extinct volcano rose from the tiny. Atoll as a symbol of defiance. By the end of D plus 3 the power that was once. Invested by the Japanese in Suribachi Yama had been broken. However, there was. And pillboxes. Elements of the 28th Marine Regiment were tasked with taking. The 4th...
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Battlesremembered: Tarawa, Bloody Tarawa
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Saturday, April 26, 2008. Tarawa, Bloody Tarawa. With the close of the campaign in the Solomon Islands, Admiral Nimitz’s Central Pacific Campaign is launched. The Gilbert Islands are the first objectives of this campaign. They. Are the stepping stones that need to be taken so that the U. S. Pacific fleet can then take. The Marshall Islands, which contain the largest atoll in the world, Kwajalein, with it’s massive anchorage and wonderful airfields. The combination of reef and tide, as well as the America...