Cherbourg 1944: The first Allied victory in Normandy, Steven J. ZalogaCherbourg 1944: The first Allied victory in Normandy, Steven J. ZalogaCampaign 278The campaign in the Cotentin peninsula was the first Allied victory in Normandy after the D-Day landings themselves. The capture of a major port was a key part of the Overlord plan, and Cherbourg, just to the north-west of the landing beaches, was the obvious first target.
Kleinkrieg - The German Experience with Guerrilla Warfare, from Clausewitz to Hitler, Charles D. MelsonKleinkrieg - The German Experience with Guerrilla Warfare, from Clausewitz to Hitler, Charles D. MelsonThis book is built around reprints of two important publications, one that influenced the German attitude to partisan warfare during the Second World War and one that recorded the official doctrine.
Ise class battleship-carrier under attack Here we see an Ise class battleship-carrier under attack by US bombers off northern Luzon. The carrier deck is just about visible at the stern, although somewhat obscured by the smoke from the battle.How to cite this article:Rickard, J (19 October 2019), Ise class battleship-carrier under attack , http://www.
A team of Asian paleontologists has discovered a new species of dinosaur, Corythoraptor jacobsi, which has a crest on its skull very similar to the helmet of cassowaries, a flightless bird from the rainforests of New Guinea and Australia. Scientific Reports magazine describes this species of oviraptor - a genus of the Oviraptoridae family that lived at the end of the Cretaceous period - from a specimen found in the province of Jiangxi, China.
The Lion Gate at Hattusa, the capital of the Hittite Empire. The gate, dated to the 13th century BCE, was flanked by two towers. The head of the lion on the left had already been broken away in antiquity...
The islet group of Tarawa, about 2,400 miles southwest of Hawaii, was held by the Japanese from 1941 to 1943 during World War II, and it fell to U.S. Marines of the Second Division after a bloody 76-hour battle. push through the central Pacific to the Philippine Islands.The Battle of Tarawa was partly a product of poor U.
The Sphinx is a female monster, daughter of Echidna and Typhus (or of Ortros and Echidna, in another version). It dwelt on Mount Phiceus, near Thebes. It had the head and torso of a woman, the body and claws of a lion, and the wings of an eagle. He would approach the travelers and propose a riddle that, if not solved, would cost the traveler his life.
