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Newspaper
The Montana Standard
Location
Butte, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jun 06, 1944
Page
10
Official Army Navy and Coast Guard photos outline a hypothetical amphibious assault with demolition teams clearing wire and mine fields. Reinforcements race to widen the beachhead as inland lines push forward to seize strong points and determine the war’s duration.
As fighting shifts inland from the water line the army deploys heavy artillery and intensifies supply drops to secure the beachhead. The move signals a sustained push with intensified firepower and logistics support.
The piece recounts the Dunkirk evacuation of May 28 to June 3 1940, detailing 337131 rescued including 211532 fit British troops and 112546 allies, with Churchill noting it a defeat despite saving 350000 of 400000. It credits air cover and metropole fighters for success and mentions Lord Gort and Sir Harold Alexander directing operations.
The article surveys German efforts to devise weapons against Allied invasion, listing rocket bombs, prefabricated pillboxes, plastic mines, Bouncing Bettys, Hor net guns, a seven-ton mortar, rocket guns, a Growly Bear tank, anti-tank torpedoes, robot tanks, infrared detectors, a Wild Sow fighter, and other devices. It notes many claims may be hype, with some projects unlikely or never used, and mentions talk of poison gas as a possible last resort.
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