The Encyclopedia Americana, Volume 29Grolier Incorporated, 1996 - Encyclopedias and dictionaries |
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... August 1914 . Below : The first German troops enter Brussels on the afternoon of August 20. Their entry was unopposed , for the Belgian Army had withdrawn to Antwerp . defile at Liège . Restricted on the north by the Dutch border and on ...
... August 1914 . Below : The first German troops enter Brussels on the afternoon of August 20. Their entry was unopposed , for the Belgian Army had withdrawn to Antwerp . defile at Liège . Restricted on the north by the Dutch border and on ...
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... August , the main Allied armies had swept eastward from Avranches . Breakout to the East . - When the Third Army became operational on August 1 , General Patton took control not only of the 8th Corps operations in Brittany but also of ...
... August , the main Allied armies had swept eastward from Avranches . Breakout to the East . - When the Third Army became operational on August 1 , General Patton took control not only of the 8th Corps operations in Brittany but also of ...
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... August 5 , eliminated a pocket around Uman , in which it had trapped between 16 and 20 Soviet divisions , and then swept into the Dnieper bend , destroying all the Soviet units that could not escape across the river . By mid - August ...
... August 5 , eliminated a pocket around Uman , in which it had trapped between 16 and 20 Soviet divisions , and then swept into the Dnieper bend , destroying all the Soviet units that could not escape across the river . By mid - August ...
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