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Russians 27 miles from Poland! - January 7, 1944
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07, 2023
That's what the headlines say as the Red Army continues its advance in Ukraine. There are also plans afoot for a northern offensive to end the siege of Leningrad. There are also plans .. show full overview
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Time to Liberate Leningrad! - January 14, 1944
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14, 2023
Three Soviet Fronts launch major offensives to try and finally free Leningrad, under siege for nearly two and a half years now. The Soviets are, in fact, making attacks along most of the .. show full overview
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Monte Cassino, the Battle Begins - Januari 21, 1944
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21, 2023
The Allies have reached the linchpin of the German defenses in Italy, but a first attack proves disastrous. It does, though, divert troops from where they soon plan to make landings .. show full overview
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Anzio Begins - Allies Already Pinned Down - January 28, 1944
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28, 2023
Some big news is the Allies amphibious offensive to hit the Germans behind their lines at Anzio in Italy, some other big news is that after nearly two and a half years, the Soviets have .. show full overview
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Leningrad: NO STEP BACK! - February 4, 1944
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04, 2023
The Allies begin a new operation in the Pacific this week: assaulting the Marshall Islands. They also make big attacks from their beachhead in Italy at Anzio, but these are called off .. show full overview
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German Desperation in Korsun Pocket - February 11, 1944
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11, 2023
It is crisis mode in the Korsun Pocket this week for the Axis troops surrounded, but they are also losing ground all over the Eastern Front this week, including the big prize of Nikopol. .. show full overview
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The Destruction of Monte Cassino - February 18, 1944
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18, 2023
The Allies bomb the monastery atop Monte Cassino in Italy, but just to the Northwest it's the Germans attacking them at Anzio this week. In the Soviet Union, the Axis break out of the .. show full overview
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Tojo Takes Control - February 25, 1944
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25, 2023
Now that the Americans have seized the Marshall Islands, they can bypass the Japanese base at Truk. This impels Prime Minister Hideki Tojo to shake up both army and navy command, and he .. show full overview
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MacArthur and Nimitz Go Head-to-Head - March 4, 1944
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04, 2023
The American attacks against the Admiralty Islands are successful, but this causes real tensions between Commanders Douglas MacArthur and Chester Nimitz. Much of this week is taken up by .. show full overview
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Zhukov hits the Ground Running - WW2 - March 11, 1944 - March 11, 1944
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11, 2023
The Soviets launch not one, not two, but three offensives in Ukraine this week, designed to destroy the entire southern wing of the German forces. The Japanese counterattack against the .. show full overview
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The Japanese Invade India! - March 18, 1944
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18, 2023
Operation U-Go, Renya Mutaguchi's invasion of India, is in full swing this week, as his men aim at Imphal and Kohima; three Soviets Fronts batter their way through the Axis positions all .. show full overview
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Germany Invades Hungary - March 25, 1944
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25, 2023
Germany occupies Hungary this week to prevent any possible Hungarian defection from the war, the Soviets continue pushing back the Axis in Ukraine, pressing them ever more toward .. show full overview
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Goodbye Manstein… Hello Model - April 1, 1944
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01, 2023
As the Allies prepare to close in on Germany from all fronts, a shake up of the German military leadership can only achieve so much...
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New Offensive in the Crimea - April 8, 1944
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08, 2023
The Soviets are finally going to try and push the Axis out of Sevastopol and the Crimea. They also continue to drive the Axis back in Transnistria. Over in Burma and Northeastern India, .. show full overview
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4,000 German teens trapped in Tarnopol - April 15, 1944
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15, 2023
Thousands of German soldiers, mostly new teenage recruits, are obeying Hitler's 'Fortress Directive' and are surrounded in Tarnopol; it does not go well for them. German forces in .. show full overview
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The Biggest Offensive in Japanese History - April 22, 1944
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22, 2023
Japan Launches Operation Ichigo in China, their largest offensive of the war... or ever, but over in India things are not going well for the Japanese at Imphal and Kohima. The Allies .. show full overview
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Germany's Existential Crisis - April 29, 1944
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29, 2023
The fighting at Kohima is up close, personal, and vicious, as it is at Imphal. The Allies consolidate their gains at Hollandia, the Japanese are advancing in Central China, and it seems .. show full overview
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Total Chaos on the Chinese Front! - May 6, 1944
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06, 2023
A command crisis in the Chinese Nationalist Army benefits the Japanese invaders, in Italy, Mark Clark spends his birthday planning new offensives, the Japanese are pushing for Imphal, and the Soviets for Sevastopol- another busy week of the war!
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Victory at Sevastopol! - May 13, 1944
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13, 2023
The Soviets push the Axis out of the Crimea this week once and for all. In Italy, the Allies launch a major offensive, and the French make a breakthrough there by week's end. In China, .. show full overview
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The Fall of Monte Cassino - May 20, 1944
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20, 2023
In Italy, the Allies finally overcome Monte Cassino and break through the Gustav Line; in Burma Merrill's Marauders surprise the Japanese and take Myitkyina Airfield; in China, it's the .. show full overview
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Breakout from Anzio! - May 27, 1944
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27, 2023
After four month, the Allies breakout from their bridgehead at Anzio and meet with the advancing troops heading north after the fall of Monte Cassino last week. The Japanese begin phase .. show full overview
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The Allies are Driving for Rome - June 3, 1944
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03, 2023
The Allies head north in Italy after the fall of Monte Cassino last week; the Japanese head south in China in a new phase of their offensive; and the Soviets and the Western Allies make .. show full overview
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The Invasion of Normandy begins! - June 10, 1944
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10, 2023
The Allies' gigantic, amphibious invasion of France begins and by the end of the week they've carved out a decent sized beachhead. Meanwhile in Italy the Allied advance takes Rome. The .. show full overview
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Titanic Clash Looms In Pacific - June 17, 1944
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17, 2023
Japanese and American navies are heading for a showdown in the Philippine Sea, even as American forces land on Saipan in the Marianas in force. The Japanese have Changsha under siege in .. show full overview
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The Greatest Pincer Movement in Military History - Week 252, June 24, 1944
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24, 2023
The Red Army surges forward in Operation Bagration, a mighty new offensive to destroy German Army Group Centre. Fighting continues in Normandy, Italy, and Finland. The United States Navy .. show full overview
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Allies Liberate Cherbourg - July 1, 1944
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01, 2023
Several weeks after the invasion of Normandy began, the Allies finally take a port city there, though the actual harbor has been destroyed. On Saipan the Americans have the advantage, .. show full overview
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The Destruction of Army Group Center - July 8, 1944
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08, 2023
Operation Bagration continues, smashing the armies of German Army Group Center and taking ever more territory including the prize of Minsk; on Saipan the Americans have taken most of the .. show full overview
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Mass Suicide on Saipan - July 15, 1944
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15, 2023
Japanese troops and civilians commit mass suicide rather than surrender to the Americans in the Marianas; in Normandy, Caen has finally fallen to the Allies though the fight for St. Lo .. show full overview
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Sayonara Tojo - July 22nd, 1944
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22, 2023
This week, Adolf Hitler is blown up and Hideki Tojo steps down. In the Pacific, the Americans land on Guam and prepare for hard fighting. In France, the Americans take Saint-Lô and .. show full overview
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Bradley Unleashes His Cobra - July 29, 1944
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29, 2023
Operation Cobra is the drop that finally opens the floodgates and the Allies make a breakthrough in Normandy; up in the Baltics the Soviets take Shaulyai, Dvinsk, and finally Narva, .. show full overview
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The Warsaw Uprising Begins! - August 5, 1944
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05, 2023
As the Red Army closes in on Warsaw, the Polish Home Army in the city rises up against the German forces. Up in the north the Red Army takes Kaunas. The Allies take Florence in Italy .. show full overview
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Panzer Revenge in Normandy - August 12, 1944
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12, 2023
The Germans launch a counter attack to sabotage the Allied positions in France. In the Baltics the Soviet advances grind to a halt, but the Soviets are busy making plans to invade .. show full overview
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Hitler Has a Bad Day - August 19, 1944
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19, 2023
This week the Allies invade Southern France, and do so very successfully. They're also successful in the north, closing the Falaise gap and trapping huge numbers of Germans. In the East, .. show full overview
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The Liberation of Paris - August 26, 1944
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26, 2023
Paris is liberated by the Allies, a symbolic act that causes the world to rejoice. Something far more important to the course of the war, though, happens this week in Romania. The Allies .. show full overview
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The War is Five Years Old - September 2, 1944
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02, 2023
Five years of war and no real end in sight, though the Allies sure seem to have the upper hand at the moment. Romania is coming under the Soviet thumb and Red Army troops are at .. show full overview
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Bulgaria at War with Everyone - September 9, 1944
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09, 2023
This week the USSR invades Bulgaria... who've also declared war on Germany, and who are still at war with the US and Britain, so Bulgaria is briefly technically at war with all four at .. show full overview
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The Ballad of Chiang and Vinegar Joe - September 16, 1944
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16, 2023
The Japanese attacks in Guangxi worry Joe Stilwell enough that he gets FDR to issue an ultimatum to Chiang Kai-Shek, in France the Allied invasion forces that hit the north and south .. show full overview
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Operation Market Garden Begins - September 23, 1944
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23, 2023
Monty's Operation(s) Market Garden, to drop men deep in the German rear in the Netherlands and secure a series of bridges, begins this week, but has serious trouble. In Italy the Allies .. show full overview
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The End of Market Garden - September 30, 1944
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30, 2023
This week, Operation Market Garden comes to its unsuccessful conclusion, but there's a lot more going on- the Soviets launch an offensive in the Estonian Archipelago, the Warsaw Uprising .. show full overview
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The End of the Warsaw Uprising - October 7, 1944
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07, 2023
The Warsaw Uprising comes to its conclusion, a tragic one for the Poles. In the field in Europe, there are Allied attacks toward Aachen, Bologna, and Debrecen, while in China the Japanese have begun a new phase of their Ichi Go Offensive.
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The Isolation of Army Group North - October 14, 1944
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14, 2023
Churchill, Stalin, and Roosevelt meet at the Moscow Conference and talk about future 'spheres of influence' in the Balkans. They also make plans for the future of Poland. In the field .. show full overview
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SS Commando Coup in Hungary - October 21, 1944
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21, 2023
The Germans engineer a coup in Hungary to keep the Hungarian army in the war, but the Allies have finally entered Germany in force, taking Aachen in the west. The Soviets liberate .. show full overview
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The Battle of Leyte Gulf - October 28, 1944
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28, 2023
This is it- the big showdown between US and Japanese Navies, and the largest naval battle ever fought in terms of total tonnage. American landings on Leyte itself are still in progress, and the Soviet's Debrecen Operation comes to its end.
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Stalin says, "Bring me Budapest!" - November 4, 1944
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04, 2023
Josef Stalin wants Rodion Malinovsky to attack Budapest without delay, but this might cause problems for the Soviets. In the west, the Canadians fight to clear Antwerp port while Hitler .. show full overview
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The Futile Fight in Hurtgen Forest - November 11, 1944
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11, 2023
The struggle for Hurtgen forest, one tiny piece at a time, continues. The Allies have, however, secured Walcheren Island, and also launch Operation Queen to try and reach and cross the .. show full overview
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How Himmler Learned to Love the Russians - November 18, 1944
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18, 2023
Heinrich Himmler wants to build an Army of Soviet POWs, but that has some problems; Patrick Hurley becomes US Ambassador to China, but even before that he's in hot water with Chiang .. show full overview
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General Patton's Metz Obsession - November 25, 1944
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25, 2023
Metz finally falls to Patton's 3rd Army, but boy, it's taken some time. To the south, the Allies also take Belfort and Strasbourg, and to the north Operation Queen continues trying to .. show full overview
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Was Hürtgen Forest Worth it? - December 2, 1944
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02, 2023
The bulk of the fight for Hürtgen Forest is now over, and today we look at the results. We also look at Soviet plans for their January offensive. In the field this week, the Red Army is .. show full overview
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Can the Americans Stop the Kamikazes? - December 9, 1944
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09, 2023
This is a very busy week of the war. In the west, the Americans manage to reach the Roer River in force, but haven't taken any of its dams; in Italy, the Allies liberate Ravenna; the .. show full overview
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The Battle of the Bulge Begins - December 16, 1944
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16, 2023
Adolf Hitler's Ardennes counteroffensive finally goes off this week, and it does indeed catch the Allies by surprise, and they suspend other offensive operations in the west. They are .. show full overview
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The Siege of Bastogne Begins - December 23, 1944
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23, 2023
The German Ardennes Offensive, called by the Allies the Battle of the Bulge, is in full swing in Luxembourg and Belgium this week, and the Germans have the key junction town of Bastogne .. show full overview
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Budapest Under Siege - December 30, 1944
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30, 2023
In the west, the Allies break the siege of Bastogne, but the fight for the Ardennes continues. and British Commander Bernard Montgomery is maneuvering to take command of the Western .. show full overview

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