1940: Nearly twice as many Britons have been killed on the roads since blackout started than by enemy action.1942: Army Group Centre evacuates the Kaluga sector and takes up winter positions 20 miles to the West.
1943: The Eighth Army begins a new push in Libya.
1943: US forces launch their final offensive on Guadalcanal.
1943: The Red Army captures Velikiye Luki in the Valday Hills.
1944: The U.S. Fifth Army gains Monte Trocchio, overlooking Rapido River as the Germans withdraw across it. French troops under General Juin capture Monte Santa Croce.
1944: The Russians launch another new offensive around Leningrad.
1944: The Peruvian Government announces its discovery of Axis backed conspirators plotting a coup.
1945: U.S. troops now hold 45 miles of the Lingayen Gulf coast on Luzon.
1945: During its drive toward the Oder river, the Red Army captures Kielce in western Poland.
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"Beat him down till he aint gettin back up!"
posted 01-15-2001 07:40 AM
