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My Battle Up the Boot: Paul McNelis in the Italian Campaign
By Richard A. BerantyThe U.S. 85th Infantry Division was one of the Allied workhorses in Italy during World War II. Read more
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The Soviet Winter Offensive: From the Vistula to the Oder
By Henrik Lunde The Situation in the East, Summer 1944The area between the Baltic Sea and the Carpathian Mountains had been relatively quiet since the end of Operation Bagration late in the summer of 1944. Read more
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Operation Strangle: The First Great Air Interdiction Campaign
By Jeff PattonFollowing the spectacular success of the Allied air campaign against Iraq during Operation Desert Storm in 1991 and against the Serb forces in Kosovo in 1999, the value and efficiency of utilizing air power to shape or forgo the need for a ground battle has been taken for granted by military planners. Read more
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The Gothic Line: How the Allies Breached Germany’s Defenses in Italy
By Michael E. HaskewThe reason for it was unthinkable. The Gothic Line, the last line of defense in Italy, was necessary, but senior German commanders had not been concerned that it would ever be contested by Allied forces. Read more
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The Brazilian Expeditionary Force Invades Italy
By Nathan N. PreferThe term “United Nations” was in large part derived from the large number of nations that joined in common cause between 1939 and 1945 to defeat the Axis powers of Germany, Japan, and Italy during World War II. Read more
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The Polish II Corps in Italy
By James I. MarinoDespite the Nazi conquest of European nations during World War II, individual soldiers from the occupied countries rose again to fight the German Army, and the largest army in exile to fight the Germans was Polish. Read more
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Vladimir Peniakoff: Popski’s Private Army
By John BrownIn September 1942, two patrols of armed jeeps and trucks of the Long Range Desert Group (LRDG) raided the German airfield at Barce. Read more
