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... Panzer-Division to push the attacking British forces back into the German minefields fails, costing them 50 Panzer's. This leaves the axis forces with just 81 operational tanks. (WATCH ITALIAN NEWSREEL)
1942: United States destroyers sink the damaged carrier USS Hornet to prevent her from falling into the hands of approaching Japanese ships. The Hornet has been in opera... |
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... shooting down 100 aircraft, damaging two carriers, a battleship and three cruisers. U.S. Navy aircraft carrier Hornet is heavily damaged during the Battle of Santa Cruz. (WATCH JAPANESE NEWSREEL )
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... completely surrounded after German troops close the land bridge at Schluesselburg. The Russians announce gains near Smolensk and claim eight German divisions have been beaten. (WATCH GERMAN NEWSREEL)
1942: Twelve British merchant seamen are awarded Russian decorations.
1942. szeptember 8. Az Armia Krajowa lengyel ellenálló mozgalom információs bulletinje sz... |
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... Dives. Patton's armor reaches the Seine at Nantes and makes the first crossing 30 miles North West of Paris. The Germans are granted a truce in Paris to withdraw troops. (WATCH BRITISH NEWSREEL )
1944 August 19, JEWISH MARQUIS (French Resistance movement) (France)
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... and petroleum are stopped.
1941: British notice of denunciation of commercial agreements with Japan.
1941: AVG in China under Chennault with 100 planes. (WATCH US NEWSREEL )
1941: Proposal made for a neutral Indochina.
1941: New Philippine command under MacArthur.
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... enter Caen which has been reduced to a heap of rubble due to the preceding heavy aerial and artillery bombardments by the British. U.S. XIX Corps begins its push for St. Lo. (WATCH BRITISH NEWSREEL )
1944: A major Russian offensive begins towards Rezekne, to the East of Riga in order to cut off Army Group North in ... |
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... their assault on Sevastopol, but the ferocious Russian defense at Sevastopol forces Adolf Hitler do something he doesn't like to do, namely delay the German Summer offensive. (WATCH GERMAN NEWSREEL )
1942: General Erwin Rommel captures the port city of Tobruk in North Africa. The Germans capture 32,000 prisoners, ... |
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... Panzer-Division to push the attacking British forces back into the German minefields fails, costing them 50 Panzer's. This leaves the axis forces with just 81 operational tanks. (WATCH ITALIAN NEWSREEL)
1942: United States destroyers sink the damaged carrier USS Hornet to prevent her from falling into the hands of approaching Japanese ships. The Hornet has been in opera... |
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... shooting down 100 aircraft, damaging two carriers, a battleship and three cruisers. U.S. Navy aircraft carrier Hornet is heavily damaged during the Battle of Santa Cruz. (WATCH JAPANESE NEWSREEL )
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