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Storia: Churchill, va all asta il suo quadro regalato al generale Montgomery (2) | SassariNotizie 24 ore

Storia: Churchill, va all asta il suo quadro regalato al generale Montgomery (2) | SassariNotizie 24 ore
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The Ven David Rogers, communications officer who served with Montgomery at Lüneberg Heath – obituary

The Ven David Rogers, communications officer who served with Montgomery at Lüneberg Heath – obituary As a member of Monty s Phantom regiment he was on duty when the message came through that the German army wanted to surrender The Ven David Rogers The Venerable David Rogers, who has died aged 99, served with Field Marshal Montgomery at Lüneberg Heath in 1945 and received the radio message from the frontline that a German general was requesting safe passage to surrender; years later he recalled feeling “exhilaration that at least the German part of the Second World War was over”. Lieutenant Rogers was part of a small innovative communications network Montgomery established to ensure he personally had the speediest, most accurate information from the front. The “Phantom” regiment was established in North Africa when Monty realised that the traditional passing of tactical information up and down the army hierarchy meant that intelligence moved too slowly for rapid mod

Why It Was So Hard to Dislodge Hitler From Antwerp

The battle was much harder than imagined due to several delays by the Allies. Key point: Having a viable port to move supplies around meant capturing one intact and doing so quickly. Unfortunately, the Allies were distracted by other goals and so the costs of taking Antwerp were higher than expected. Before World War II, the Belgian port city of Antwerp was one of the world’s great ports, ranking with those of Hamburg, Rotterdam, and New York. Antwerp is located some 55 miles up the Scheldt (Schelde) Estuary from the North Sea. Five hundred yards wide at its location on the estuary, the port’s minimum depth along its quays is 27 feet, deep enough to handle the largest ships in the world especially when it comes to maneuvering such vessels into place along the quays.

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