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The Battle of the Marne in WW I - Related Files

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	The Battle of Alamein, Egypt (Overlay) The Battle of Alamein, or more correctly the Second Battle of El Alamein, marked a significant turning point in the Western Desert Campaign of World War II. The battle lasted from October 23 to November 3, 1942. Following the First Battle of El Alamein, which had stalled the Axis advance, General Bernard Montgomery took command of the British Commonwealth's Eighth Army from Claude Auchinleck in...		10/25/2005	1,436
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	Aisne-Marne American Cemetery and Memorial The 42.5-acre Aisne-Marne Cemetery and Memorial in France, its headstones lying in a sweeping curve, sits at the foot of the hill where stands Belleau Wood. The cemetery contains the graves of 2,289 war dead, most of whom fought in the vicinity and in the Marne valley in the summer of 1918. The memorial chapel sits on a hillside, decorated with sculptured and stained-glass details of wartime pe...		08/15/2009	26
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	Memorial May 1940 - Battle for the Leie The permanent exhibition "Battle for the Leie 1940" starts with a reproduction of the end offensive in 1918. The battle for the Leie officially lasted from 24 May up to 28 May 1940. In an old factory at Kuurne, situated on the former battlefield, a piece of forgotten history is presented in the form of dioramas, photographs, documents, uniforms, weapons and numerous oth...		09/04/2009	217
	Voelkerschlachtdenkmal (Monument of the Battle of the Nations) Imposing memorial to the famed battle of Leipzig in which Napoleon's army was defeated by allied forces in 1813... This monument made me consider the meaninglessness of all monuments... This gigantic structure built as an indictment against the horrors of war... But it didn't change a thing...		04/11/2006	263