The Germans fear more than anything else the blood-curdling scream and high destructive power of rocket bombs fired by Allied Typhoon planes. This has been stated by various German prisoners captured in Normandy. ...
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Article : 110 words"The time is not yet ripe for the Japanese Fleet to attack the enemy," said Jap naval commander Masonori Ito, in a report broadcast by Tokio ...
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Army News (Darwin, NT : 1941 - 1946), Mon 31 Jul 1944, Page 3
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