Word: retreats
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...British strategists today are deep in a guessing game. Was the Wehrmacht's retreat in Russia a rout or a planned withdrawal? Will Hitler make a stand on the Dnieper Line? (A Swedish daily quoted him: "Here I am and here I shall remain.") If this line falls, where will the Wehrmacht stand next...
...Summer Retreat. After Hitler's third great offensive gamble in Russia failed last July, he pinned his hope to the Wehrmacht's line of July 5 (see map). But the Red Army counterattacked and one after another Orel, Belgorod and Kharkov toppled. Each loss set in motion the wheels of military necessity and fate. Kharkov's fall necessitated the retreat from the southern bulge. That in turn imperiled the German foothold on the Caucasus. The fall of Orel doomed Bryansk...
However, I would like to make one small correction. You say that there "is serious talk of changing Bermuda from a millionaires' retreat to a popular, popular-priced Atlantic resort for the masses." That is not correct. We are planning to have as little change in Bermuda as possible; its blue seas and coral strands will offer rest and peace to old friends and new; we visualize Bermuda as a haven of delight for war-seared souls and bodies. To crystallize this ambition, for which we are already busily working, we have adopted the phrase "BERMUDA-after...
...Russians ruined the Wehrmacht's blueprint. They were stronger, more aggressive, better generaled than the Germans expected. As a result, the slow withdrawal became a hasty retreat...
...island), two French destroyers brought more guns, strong detachments of French commandomen, 40 tough U.S. Rangers. After seven days of savage fighting, hundreds of Germans lay dead, all the way from southern Bonifacio to northern St. Florent. The Nazis lost the port and capital Ajaccio, began disordered retreat to Bastia. All but won for the Allies was an island which offers: 1) five naval ports; 2) three airports; 3) another springboard for invasion...