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ALLIES BATTLE FOR RHINE BRIDGE AT NIJMEGEN; GERMANS RING AIR UNITS; AMERICANS ADVANCE (9/21/44)
Microfilm-New York Times archives, Monterey Public Library | 9/21/44 | Drew Middleton, Stanley Maxted, Alan Wood, Harold Denny, Frederick Graham, James MacDonald, more

Posted on 09/21/2014 4:56:03 AM PDT by Homer_J_Simpson

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TOPICS: Extended News
KEYWORDS: history; milhist; realtime; worldwarii
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To: Hebrews 11:6

Quite a story. Such bravery and heroism in this war.


21 posted on 09/21/2014 5:01:55 PM PDT by PapaNew (The grace of God & freedom always win the debate over unjust law & government in the forum of ideas)
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To: Homer_J_Simpson
German situation map for Holland:

21 Sept 44 Holland photo 21Sept44Holland_zps8a602499.jpg

22 posted on 09/21/2014 5:41:59 PM PDT by henkster (Do I really need a sarcasm tag?)
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To: Homer_J_Simpson
German situation map for Aachen sector:

21 Sept 44 Aachen photo 21Sept44Aachen_zpsedcf6fbd.jpg

23 posted on 09/21/2014 5:43:33 PM PDT by henkster (Do I really need a sarcasm tag?)
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To: Homer_J_Simpson
German situation for Lorraine:

21 Sept 44 Lorraine photo 21Sept44Lorraine_zps76ceddb7.jpg

24 posted on 09/21/2014 5:44:51 PM PDT by henkster (Do I really need a sarcasm tag?)
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To: Stosh; PeterPrinciple; EternalVigilance
The Americans did assume Ulithi was a safe anchorage, and for the most part it was.

Except for the evening of evening of March 11, 1945, when the fleet was there. That day, the Japanese launched Operation Tan No. 2, which was a kamikaze mission by 24 long range twin-engine bombers, each carrying a 1700 pound bomb. Launched from an airfield on southern Kyushu, Ulithi was at the limit of their one-way range. The plan was to attack and cripple the American fleet at anchor.

For various reasons, of the 24 planes launched, only 2 made it to Ulithi, and achieved complete surprise. One crashed on the island, causing no damage. However, the other one struck USS Randolph, CV-15, on her aft flight/hangar deck. The ship was sufficiently damaged that she missed the operations against airfields on the home islands, which were preparatory to the invasion of Okinawa.

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So Ulithi wasn't completely safe.

25 posted on 09/21/2014 6:00:18 PM PDT by henkster (Do I really need a sarcasm tag?)
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To: niteowl77; Stosh; PeterPrinciple; EternalVigilance; henkster; Tax-chick; Homer_J_Simpson
Yes, even Hanson Baldwin is on the end of the war is just around the corner bandwagon. Market-Garden will throw an ice bath on that.

People should notice that resistance is stiffening and not just because of the logistics problems. The forts around Metz are occupied. Metz is in territory the Germans regard as German. It has been going back and forth since the Middle Ages, but from 1871 to 1919 it was in the German Empire and Hitler made it part of Germany again. So, the Germans are now fighting for home and hearth and naturally will stiffen along a much shorter front.

26 posted on 09/22/2014 1:41:18 PM PDT by colorado tanker
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To: colorado tanker

This is one of those times when knowing the future is depressing!


27 posted on 09/22/2014 1:52:21 PM PDT by Tax-chick (Does anything about your child worry you?)
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To: Tax-chick

My mother in law grew up on a farm in Nebraska and still remembers what a depressing Christmas 1944 was. Everyone was thinking about the soldiers in the Ardennes and especially at Bastogne.


28 posted on 09/22/2014 2:10:52 PM PDT by colorado tanker
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To: colorado tanker

I’ve seen my great-aunt’s diary from the same period. They were depressed in Missouri, too!


29 posted on 09/22/2014 2:18:00 PM PDT by Tax-chick (Does anything about your child worry you?)
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To: Tax-chick
I'll be home for Christmas
If only in my dreams
If only in my dreams

30 posted on 09/22/2014 2:22:36 PM PDT by colorado tanker
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To: colorado tanker; Tax-chick

If my memory serves, it was Christmas Eve 1944 that my grandparents got the dreaded telegram from the War Department informing them that their son was missing in action in the Philippine Islands.


31 posted on 09/22/2014 2:39:00 PM PDT by Homer_J_Simpson ("Every nation has the government that it deserves." - Joseph de Maistre (1753-1821))
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