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...audacious.") For the land of Italy he had a traveled Briton's feeling: ". . . this beautiful country suffering the worst horrors of war . . . with the hideous prospect of a red-hot rake of battle lines being drawn from sea to sea right up the whole length of the peninsula...
...Nazaire-at the mouth of the Loire River on the underbelly of the Brittany peninsula; apparent best attack-landings west, then take the city from the rear...
...Least Nine. The best answers to these needs lie across the Channel on the coast of France, from the Brittany peninsula to the Zuider Zee-a stretch ot 700 miles. At least nine ports fit the invasion requirements...
...Cherbourg - major port on the tip of Cotentin (or Norman) peninsula sticking north like a thumb toward Britain, 80 miles across the Channel. It is heavily fortified and protected by the German-held Channel Islands. Beaches on both sides of the peninsula are limited by high cliffs...
...Orphans. On the peninsula of Bataan, now in full command, Skinny Wainwright butchered his horse to eat. Every day he visited the front line. His indifference to snipers became a legend...