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Patton's Progress

A look back at the first months of Patton's command in North Africa and Sicily

Aug 27

Guadalcanal and the surrounding seas

Part 2 of a roundup of stories relating to Guadalcanal - and the land, sea and air battles in the Pacific War of late 1942 and early 1943

Apr 23

Operation Watchtower - Guadalcanal

Part 1 of a look back at a series of stories on the first land operations by US forces in the Pacific, and the accompanying battles at sea and in the…

Feb 19

Stalingrad - the road to Disaster

From high summer through to the winter - steps along the road to the encirclement of the German 6th Army

Nov 20, 2022

The Desert Fox nearly breaks through

Rommel's surprise offensive in 1942 unnerved the British and led to a shake up in their High Command

Oct 16, 2022

Hunting the U-Boats - America fights back

A look back at how the US Navy, Coast Guard and Army Air Corps responded to the U-Boat threat in the first half of 1942

Sep 4, 2022

Hitler's War in Pictures

A look back at some of the new photography collections - dealing with the war from the German perspective - that we have featured over the past year ...

Jul 31, 2022

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