Tanks. Battle of Normandy

In the harsh days of August 1942, there was still the danger that Hitler would become the winner in World War II. In the East, the Red Army retreated under the strongest onslaught of the Germans, with the result that General Pauls’s 6 Army was at the walls of Stalingrad. Stalin's demands to open a second front were becoming more insistent. In order to demonstrate that England still possesses sufficient forces, it was decided to make a raid with the landing of quite large forces in the German-captured city of Dieppe. The operation ended in complete failure. Nearly two years remained before the opening of the Second Front ...

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[dred]

Is Normandy modern france?

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In the harsh days of August 1942, there was still the danger that Hitler would become the winner in World War II. In the East, the Red Army retreated under the strongest onslaught of the Germans, with the result that General Pauls’s 6 Army was at the walls of Stalingrad. Stalin's demands to open a second front were becoming more insistent. In order to demonstrate that England still possesses sufficient forces, it was decided to make a raid with the landing of quite large forces in the German-captured city of Dieppe. The operation ended in complete failure. Nearly two years remained before the opening of the Second Front ...

[kov]

Another look at tank battles in Normandy