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Dates: during 1940-1949
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When we land we will meet German and Italian soldiers whom it is our honor and privilege to attack and destroy...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Battle Of Sicily: March From The Beaches | 7/26/1943 | See Source »

...objective is to destroy the German armies, the German air force, the German will to fight. Toward that end the Allies are now moving. Where & when that end will be attained, only the Germans can finally determine. It is they who must give...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: World: Beginning & End | 7/19/1943 | See Source »

...Even if the current offensive is only the first stage of a bigger one, the limited scope of the initial attack reflects the plight of the Wehrmacht. In 1941 its objective, along a 1,500-mile front, was to destroy the Red Army and seize the U.S.S.R. In 1942 the objective, along an 800-mile front, was to seize southern Russia and isolate Moscow from the rear and the south. In 1943 the Wehrmacht attacked on a 200-mile front, aiming at a town and at a portion of the Red Army...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: BATTLE OF RUSSIA: If This Is All... | 7/19/1943 | See Source »

...loathed Communism, he made a pact with the Soviet Union shortly after it found itself at war with Germany. Though his personal politics were ruggedly conservative, he included some liberals in his Government. But his Government was riddled with backward-looking Poles who opposed his policies, worked unceasingly to destroy his pact with Russia...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: POLAND: End of Sikorski | 7/12/1943 | See Source »

...While the United States air pirates in Europe destroy works of art and culture, there are no such targets in their country. Their country is a jungle of concrete and steel and petrol, of banks and similar institutions. Their art treasures are the longest and most ugly bridge in the world, the highest and most ugly building in the world and the largest and most ugly statue in the world...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ITALY: No Hit | 7/12/1943 | See Source »

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