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World War II History
World War II History
1942 - German U-boats were withdrawn from positions off the U.S. Atlantic coast due to effective American anti-submarine countermeasures.
1943 - During World War II, more than 150 B-17 and 112 B-24 bombers attacked Rome for the first time.
| "Most of the men are stricken with dysentery...Starvation is taking many lives and it is weakening our already extended lines. We are doomed." Major-General Kensaku Oda (Referring to the state of Japanese troops on Guadalcanal) - January 12, 1943 |
