Word: breakthroughs
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Anyone who could make a statement that we froze in our foxholes is not familiar with the operations on this island. The breakthrough that is mentioned in your article was one of the most heroic. We are proud to work with the unit who met the brunt of the attack...
...real breakthrough of American Armies in Germany might shift substantial quantities of U.S. voters to Dewey. An end to the war, even if it happened as late as Nov. 6, might be just about enough to send Dewey to the White House...
...residence was now no more than an episode in the tense tactical drama on the western front. The battle that raged in mounting fury northeast of the German border city was far more significant. This week there were ample signs that here the Allies hoped they might achieve their breakthrough to the Rhine...
...When Hitler rang up the curtain on World War II Erwin Rommel was a colonel, commanded an 55 division that fought in the battle of Poland's Vistula bend. By the time France was invaded, Rommel was a major general; he led the 7th Armored Division in the breakthrough at Maubeuge...
...even if that breakthrough is achieved, the First will not yet have an other Saint-LÔ. The West Wall break will have to be vastly widened before tanks can be rocketed through to burst out toward Cologne and Dusseldorf, Ike Eisenhower may have to achieve other breaks or fight around the northern flank on to the north German plain before he can break his tanks loose. For the time. Hodges' First was in the best position to bring about that situation. But only history would tell whether the First's drive in the Aachen sector would...