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SOVIETS SET TO CRUSH NAZIS IN EAST
ByNorm Haskett January 11, 2014 Reading Time: 6 minutes

Moscow, Soviet Union · January 11, 1945 On this date in 1945 the Germans intercepted a Soviet radio transmission that ominously declared, “Everything is ready.” The Soviet offensive on the Eastern Front between the Baltic Sea in the north and the Carpathian Mountains in the south began the next day with an artillery barrage that…

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EIGHTH AIR FORCE BLASTS U-BOAT PENS IN FRANCE
ByNorm Haskett January 3, 2014 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, sinking…

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