Donster Posted October 25, 2004 Report Share Posted October 25, 2004 1939: U-boats sink four more British ships. 1942: Germans capture two more streets in Stalingrad with severe losses. The last German offensive in the Caucasus begins. 1942: Montgomery switches the attack to the North. Rommel breaks off his sick leave to take charge of the critical situation in which the axis forces now find themselves. 1943: The Japanese open the infamous Burma to Siam railway, which was built with forced British and commonwealth POW labour. 1944: Russians troops take the German base of Kirkenes in Norway. 1944: The Red Army completes its capture of Transylvania in northwestern Romania. 1944: The first suicide air (Kamikaze) attacks occur against U.S. warships in Leyte Gulf. By the end of the war, Japan will have sent an estimated 2,257 aircraft. "The only weapon I feared in the war," Adm. Halsey will say later. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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