In Normandy, counterattack by German II SS Panzer Corps has failed to crack open Allied lines near Caen; calling Berlin to report failed offensive, General Gerd Von Rundstedt (L) is asked: “What shall we do?" Rundstedt replies: "Make peace, you fools! What else can you do?" https://t.co/dx3N2JFpvr
In 25 days since D-Day landings in Normandy, Allies have disembarked nearly 630,000 men, 177,000 vehicles and 600,000 tons of equipment. 37,034 Americans & 24,698 British & Canadians are dead, injured, or taken prisoner in fighting so far. https://t.co/13Crert6Ci
In Normandy, Allied forces rely on enormous advantage in airpower & artillery to continue their advance. Near Villers Bocage, 266 British Avro Lancaster planes carpet a road junction with 1,100 tons of bombs to deny movement of German panzers. https://t.co/oYxM0Ba4Ba
Red Army's Operation Bagration assault is cutting deep into Axis forces on the Eastern Front; Soviet pincers now threatening to recapture Minsk, held by Germans for last three years: https://t.co/tgTPh6iVlX
Germans aim to crush the "Scottish Corridor" west of Caen, where British VIII Corps spearheaded by 15th Scottish Infantry Division threatens a breakthrough. Piecemeal attacks by SS-Pankerkorps fail to drive Allies back. (H/T @ReassessHistory) https://t.co/p209gxOyax
British in Normandy are facing 3 formidable SS panzer divisions, with heavy losses; ammo lorry explodes after direct mortar hit: https://t.co/BHuEc2UOXH
British offensive in Normandy aimed at capturing city of Caen, Operation Epsom, has been beaten to halt by Germans. https://t.co/iBC5TcbWbJ
Cherbourg has fallen, with German defenders surrendering to assault by American troops, but vital port installations have been wrecked by Wehrmacht before they could be seized by Allies. https://t.co/2hSkl3I5wk
British General Montgomery: "Montebourg & Valognes have been 'liberated' in the best 21st Army Group style, ie. they are both completely destroyed!" https://t.co/h6aykvu1oe
Faced with a tangle of German bunkers & defensive lines in Normandy, Allied troops are relying on massive artillery barrages to "soften" French towns prior to assault. https://t.co/FpSwfVdJ6Z
US troops are fighting way into Cherbourg, approaching harbour; panicked Germans starting to destroy port facilities: https://t.co/5eyD0gUYnL
Allied assault on Cherbourg has begun with bombardment by UK & US Navy; large warships in duel with German coastal guns, while smaller ships provide focused fire support for American infantry assaulting French port. https://t.co/ZO2fIHCtcU
French Resistance are calling on Nazi-occupied nation to rise up, unite with Allies & crush fascism "between the hammer & the anvil". https://t.co/po2fg7CXLz
Red Army summer offensive, Operation Bagration, is smashing German lines in north-east Europe, from Poland to the Baltic coast. New York Times map shows enormous Soviet advances of the last year: https://t.co/YSTSwnYQLV
Polish troops of the 1st Armoured Division in UK, ready to head to France- one of Free Europe forces fighting for Allies. https://t.co/zZDL5ZY4ES
Allied troops have reached the outskirts of Cherbourg, a vital Normandy port that Hitler has ordered Germans should defend to the last man. https://t.co/o6IbV2ppLQ
Across western France, Resistance fighters are uniting with advancing Allied troops, sabotaging & attacking German occupiers. https://t.co/Lp55RQigSY
Weeks of military deception by Soviets have left Germans expecting an attack in south, through Ukraine; instead, Operation Bagration (named after Russian general who fought Napoleon) aims to crush Axis Army Group Centre, stationed around Poland. https://t.co/62SFE71fxO
After colossal overnight artillery barrage, the largest so far in history, over 1.6 million Red Army troops are advancing into east Poland & Belorussia, dwarfing scale of Allied landings in France on D-Day. https://t.co/LpFOHtcgmO
Three years to the day after Germany launched an invasion of the USSR, Red Army have begun Operation Bagration: a huge offensive in east Europe, aimed at enveloping & crushing German Army Group Centre. https://t.co/KGb3t6jlyf
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