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... Derna to Mechili, but this order is countermanded by General Auchinleck who wanted the 8th Army to counter-attack. However, the 8th Army was to widely dispersed and Rommels forces were advancing too quickly.
1942: Thailand declares war on Britain and the US.
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William Carlos Williams - The young cat and the chrysanthemums
You mince, you start
advancing indirectly -
your tail upright
knocking about among the
frail, heavily flowered
sprays.
Yes, you are lovely
with your ingratiating
manners, sleek sides and
small white paws but
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... future.
1939: Hitler enters Warsaw in triumph. The Soviet Union forces a treaty on Latvia that allows the Red Navy to establish bases in her Baltic harbours.
1941: Advancing in the southern Ukraine, Panzer Group 1 reaches the Sea of Azov.
1942: Himmler orders all Jews in concentration camps in Germany to be sent to Auschwitz... |
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... noise,
To light, dark, dry or damp, chilly or warm;
Moving between the legs of tables and of chairs,
Rising or failing, grasping at kisses and toys,
Advancing boldly, sudden to take alarm,
Retreating to the corner of arm and knee,
Eager to be reassured, taking pleasure
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... (Dostrovsky).
1939. szeptember 6. Dél-Afrika hadat üzen Németországnak.
1939: General Smuts wins cabinet battle in South Africa and declares war on Germany.
1939: German troops advancing through Poland occupy the former German industrial area of Upper Silesia.
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... Atlantic.
1942: The 1st Panzer Army captures the Maikop oilfields, which were left burning furiously by the Red Army, so little refined fuel was found. German 17th Army which was advancing behind the 1st Panzer Army reaches Krasnodar, on the river Kuban.
1942: Gandhi is arrested.
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... Göring instructs Heydrich to prepare for Final Solution.
1941: Joseph Terboven declares a state of emergency in Norway.
1941: Army Group North, which is slowly advancing toward Leningrad, reaches Lake Ilmen, to the south of Novgorod. However, its troops are very fatigued due to the marshes and heavily wooded terrain.
1942: Heavy RAF night raid o... |
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... portions annexed to Italy.
1942: The 4th Panzer Army at Voronezh begins an offensive southeast along the west bank of the Don, with the aim of meeting up with 6th Army which is advancing East toward the Don from Kharkov. The objective is to establish bridgeheads across the river in the Kalach area and then continue on to Stalingrad. However, heavy rain and lack of fuel... |
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