Friday, May 24, 2019
European: Market Garden 17-25 September 1944
Red Devils of Arnhem - British Gliders Shot at by SS (1944) > .
A Bridge Too Far - Nijmegen Frogmen Attack - mfp > .
Operation Market Garden was a failed World War II military operation fought in the Netherlands from 17 to 25 September 1944. It was the brainchild of Field Marshal Sir Bernard Law Montgomery, planned primarily by Generals Brereton and Williams of the USAAF. The airborne part of the operation was undertaken by the First Allied Airborne Army with the land operation by XXX Corps of the British Second Army. The objective was to create a 64 mi (103 km) salient into German territory with a foothold over the River Rhine, creating an Allied invasion route into northern Germany. This was to be achieved by seizing a series of nine bridges by Airborne forces with land forces swiftly following moving over the bridges. The operation succeeded in liberating the Dutch cities of Eindhoven and Nijmegen along with many towns, creating a 60 mi (97 km) salient into German-held territory limiting V-2 rocket launching sites. It failed, however, to secure a foothold over the Rhine, halting at the river.
Market Garden consisted of two sub operations:
Market - an airborne assault to seize key bridges; laying a carpet of airborne troops.
Garden - a ground attack moving over the seized bridges creating the salient.
The attack was the largest airborne operation up to that point in World War II.
European: Battle of Aachen 44-10-2_21
.Aachen 1944 - America's Mini Stalingrad > .
The Battle of Aachen was a major combat action of World War II, fought by American and German forces in and around Aachen, Germany, between 2-21 October 1944. The city had been incorporated into the Siegfried Line, the main defensive network on Germany's western border; the Allies had hoped to capture it quickly and advance into the industrialized Ruhr Basin. Although most of Aachen's civilian population was evacuated before the battle began, much of the city was destroyed and both sides suffered heavy losses. It was one of the largest urban battles fought by U.S. forces in World War II, and the first city on German soil to be captured by the Allies. The battle ended with a German surrender, but their tenacious defense significantly disrupted Allied plans for the advance into Germany.
Friday, May 17, 2019
European: Poland
Poland 1939: A German Failure? > .
23-12-23 Why Poland is Divided - Present Past > .
24-3-14 German-Polish Tensions - Modern > .
24-5-17 Poland Preparing for War - T&P > .
Wednesday, May 15, 2019
● Nordic Front - Finland & Scandinavia
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igitur quī dēsīderat pācem praeparet bellum therefore, he who desires peace, let him prepare for war sī vīs pācem, parā bellum if you wan...
