[Homer_J_Simpson]

The first of the following two excerpts is continued from yesterday. The second is continued from December 3.

Winston S. Churchill, Triumph and Tragedy

[Homer_J_Simpson]

I can’t find the messages we exchanged, but it was sometime around now that fellow Freeper ex-snook arrived in France with the U.S. Army. As far as I know he is the only member of our ping list that served in WWII.

Veto on Sforza Hit (Hulen) – 2
Churchill Pledges Free Greek Voting (Daniell) – 2-3
War on Three Fronts and in Air Hammers Hitler’s Fortress (page 1 map) – 3
Patton Strikes Hard to Drive Enemy from Rich Saar Basin (Middleton) – 4-5
War News Summarized – 5
Alert Doughboys Tracking Down the Germans along the Western Front (photos) – 6-7
Canadian Troops Capture Ravenna – 7
Nazis Get Regrets on a Ship Sinking – 8
British Air Leader Killed in Middle East Accident – 8
China Shifts Anti-Yenan Forces to Check Japanese in Kweichow – 8-9
U.S. Bazookas End Leyte Tank Drive – 9
Girl Mascot in Tears as P-47 Base Moves, Taking Her from Its Clinic to Hospital – 9
State Department Shift (Krock) – 11
Great Battles but No Decisions (Baldwin) – 12
The Texts of the Day’s Communiques on the Fighting in Various War Zones – 13-14

[morphing libertarian]

People have enjoyed this on other WWII threads so here it is again. If it becomes a bother just let me know.

Thanx for your posts.
Pics from the Past of WWII- It is amazing the difference in 70 years.

HOLD AND DRAG YOUR MOUSE ARROW GENTLY FROM LEFT TO RIGHT ON THE ORIGINAL 1944 PHOTOS AND IT WILL BECOME THE EXACT SAME LOCATION TODAY .... DRAG IT BACK OVER AND YOU ARE IN 1944 AGAIN. Then page down for next photo.
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http://interactive.guim.co.uk/embed/2014/apr/image-opacity-slider-master/index.html?ww2-dday