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Message:: [QUOTE="flyers10, post: 802107, member: 4589"]Oops..Knew I forgot something.  Here you go -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. The Battle of Kursk2. The "Phoney War" is the name given to the period of time in WW2 when, after the blitzkrieg attack on Poland, nearly nothing happened. Many people in Great Britain expected a major calamity, but the title "Phoney War" or the "Sitting War" summarizes what happened in Western Europe (nearly nothing). ;October 1939 - April 19403. The Germans had a powerful railroad gun, nicknamed the 'Anzio Express', which was used to pound the beachhead from inland each evening. It was moved on a railway track, and was taken inside a purpose-built tunnel to protect it when not in use.4. December 11, 19415. Utah, Gold, Omaha, Juno, Sword. (Beach)6. Operation Barbarossa7. Ernie Pyle 8. "You're just sore because you're underpaid, undersexed, and under Eisenhower."9. Harold Russell[/QUOTE]