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1939: A fresh Russian division is thrown into the attacks at Taipale. The Russian airforce bombs 11 towns and villages.
1940: The Admiral Hipper intercepts a convoy bound for the middle east, but is forced to withdraw by three escorting cruisers and has to put in to Br... |
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... have de-icing equipment on board and it is likely that icy weather forced the plane down in the English Channel. Another theory is that his plane was lost due to RAF bombers dumping unused bombs from higher altitude returning aborted mission over Germany.
1944: The Chinese finally take Bhamo itself in northern Burma after the Japanese evacuate at night.
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... concerned and certainly didn't help Raquel's attempt at being taking seriously as an actress.
Box office bombs abounded. Try as she might in such films as "Kansas City Bomber" (1972) and "The Wild Party" (1975), which drew some good reviews for her, her sexy typecast gave her little room to bre... |
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... November 1942
1943: The RAF give Berlin the worst pounding so far, with more than 2,300 tons of bombs dropped in less than 30 minutes for the loss of just 26 planes.
1943: German troops complete the occupation of the islands of the Dodecanese in the eastern Mediterranean.... |
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EX-LAX Laxative Ad - November 1943
1944: 5,689 tons of bombs, a record for one day are dropped by the RAF on the German frontline to the East of Aachen.
1944: The U.S. First and Ninth Ar... |
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... küldjenek".
1940: The Luftwaffe launches 449 bombers in a heavy night attack against the major manufacturing city of Coventry, dropping around 400 tons of bombs causing severe damage to industrial and civilian installations. The city centre is badly damaged, with 21 factori... |
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... details of the German plans for the western offensive to the Czech government-in-exile.
1940: The Royal Air Force attacks the Krupp munition works in Essen.
1941: The RAF bombs Berlin with 169 aircraft, but 21 are lost.
1941: Speaking from Red Square in Moscow, with the spearheads of the Wehrmacht less than 100 miles from the capital, Stalin predic... |
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1943: The USAAF launch a 400-bomber daylight raid on Wilhelmshaven with 600-fighter escort. At night the RAF drop over 2,000 tons of bombs on Düsseldorf in 27 minutes.
1943: A massive Russian offensive from Dnieper bridgehead North of Kiev erup... |
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... by Ukrainian police.
AGFA ANSCO Ad - November 1943
1944: The first of 9,000 balloon bombs launched against US from Tokyo reach the U.S.A. One bomb kills six people near Lakeview in Oregon. (http://api.viglink.com/api/click?fo rmat=go&key=508252dfdc0698df231e03c8 83979baa&lo... |
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... dislodge German advance units near the Volga landing stage are unsuccessful.
1943: The Red Army captures Poltava.
1944: An RAF precision bombing raid using 12,000lb bombs, breach the crucial Dortmund-Ems Canal.
1944: The Canadians win a bridgehead over the Escaut Canal.
1944: Russian and Romanian troops enter Hungary at Arad.
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