January 3

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GERMANS SET TO SNUFF OUT BASTOGNE GARRISON
ByNorm Haskett January 3, 2026 Reading Time: 6 minutes

Bastogne, Eastern Belgium • January 3, 1945 Beginning on this date and the next in January 1945 the German Wehrmacht (armed forces) began a risky, last-ditch attack on the U.S. garrison at Bastogne in Eastern Belgium. Adolf Hitler, in planning his massive onslaught against Anglo-American forces via the densely forested Ardennes region shared by Belgium,…

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U.S. EIGHTH AIR FORCE BLASTS U-BOAT PENS IN FRANCE
ByNorm Haskett January 3, 2015 Reading Time: 5 minutes

London, England · January 3, 1943 By the end of 1942 U-boats operating from ports in Germany and occupied Europe had sunk just over 1,160 ships (see Battle of the Atlantic). U‑boats claimed nearly 70 percent of all Allied and neutral shipping losses (about 7.8 million tons), and the Kriegsmarine appeared to be winning the tonnage race,…

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