Stalingrad

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Key point: The battle was easily won. And Allied air power was the reason. Pantelleria is a small volcanic island rising out of the Mediterranean Sea 37 miles east of the Tunisian coast and some 63 miles southwest of Sicily. Since its occupation by the Carthaginians in the 7th century bc,…

Stalingrad is a real-time strategy title that places gamers in the middle of the most dramatic periods of World War II, covering major events from June 1942 till January 1943. Built-up upon the enhanced Enigma Engine, the game offers faithful historical recreation of the Stalingrad area, vast tactical options and…

Photo credit: Getty Images Ed Farmer, a longtime radio broadcaster for the Chicago White Sox and a former major league baseball player, has died, the team said on Thursday. He was 70. Farmer was a color commentator and play-by-play announcer for nearly 30 years and was a professional major league…

Key point: The tank destroyer was impressive but was not always used correctly. Even then, it was not enough to change the tide of war. World War II tanks usually had aggressive- or ferocious-sounding names, such as Hellcat, Panther, or Tiger. Yet the tendency was not universal, as with British Cruisers…

Key point: Moscow wanted a second front opened sooner rather than later. But it is still unclear if the Allies were ready to invade in 1943 instead of 1944. On June 6, 1944, the Allies unleashed on land, air, and sea the largest invasion force in world history in an enormous…

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