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Operation Barbarossa advance - Related Files

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	Operation Barbarossa WWII , Overlay Operation Barbarossa (Unternehmen Barbarossa) was the German codename for Nazi Germany's invasion of the Soviet Union during World War II that commenced on June 22, 1941. It was to be the turning point for the fortunes of Hitler's Third Reich in that the failure of Operation Barbarossa arguably resulted in the eventual overall defeat of Nazi Germany. The Eastern Front which was opened by Operat...		10/24/2005	861
	Omaha Beach - The Advance Between D-3 and E-1 Draws This photo shows the advance from Omaha Beach between exits D-3 and E-1 with the direction St.Laurent.		05/11/2006	968
	The Advance From Easy Red This is a photograph taken of 15 February 1944, which shows the advance from Easy Red at Omaha Beach, Normandy. Look here http://www.army.mil/cmh-pg/books/wwii/100-11/ch4.htm#red for more info about this action.		05/12/2006	449
	Kemps Dam, 7 October 1944 The Kembs Dam. This was another No 617 Squadron special operation. The Kembs Dam on the Rhine, just north of Basle, held back a vast quantity of water and it was feared that the Germans would release this to flood the Rhine valley near Mulhouse, a few miles north, should the American and French troops in that area attempt an advance. The Squadron was asked to destroy the lock gates of the dam. ...		10/20/2005	306
	Battleaxe Dates: 15 to 17 June 1941.After Operation Brevity failed to lift the siege of Tobruk in May 1941, a second attempt was launched on 15 June. Beresford-Peirse planned to take Halfaya Pass and Fort Capuzzo using the 4th Indian Division. The tanks of 7th Armoured Division would both support the infantry and advance to the Hafid Ridge, beyond Fort Capuzzo, where they would engage enemy tank forces. ...		01/11/2006	430
	Fedala harbour, September 1942 Operation Brushwood was a part of Operation Torch, Allied landings in Africa during World War II. Taking place on 8 November 1942 they were intended to capture the port of Lyautey as part of a larger operation to capture Casablanca in Morocco. The landing troops were uncertain of their position, and the second wave was delayed. This gave the defenders time to org...		06/07/2006	326
	Camp Anaconda US Advance Base at Southern Balad Airport		01/02/2006	741
	Sainte Mere Eglise - Operation Detroit, 6 June 1944 During World War II, Operation Detroit was the insertion, by parachute and glider, of the U.S. 82nd Airborne Division into Normandy on the night of 5–6 June 1944 as part of Operation Overlord. The drop zone for the 82nd Airborne was around Sainte-Mère-Église, to the west of Utah beach, intending to protect the western flank of the invasion. The objective of the division was to s...		05/30/2007	713
	Syrian nuclear reactor or Operation Orchard Operation Orchard was an Israeli airstrike on a target in the Deir ez-Zor region of Syria in 2007. The Google Earth Arial shows the Syrian nuclear reactor before it was destroyed. read more here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Orchard		11/14/2009	24
	BB Scharnhorst shortly after Operation Cerberus Allied reconnaissance photograph of the Deutsche Werke shipyard in Kiel, taken shortly after the Scharnhorst arrived here after the Operation "Cerberus". The Scharnhorst can be seen towards the top of the portrait. To the right the light cruiser Nürnberg as well as a number of smaller units can be seen.		06/25/2006	557
	Monte Cassino before the Battle Air photograph issued for operation dickens. The road to the monastery winds up towards the top of the picture. General Freyberg set the next attack for 24 February. Called Operation DICKENS, the attack comprised two infantry divisions and a tank regiment. Believing a direct approach would prove more effective, Freyberg planned to attack frontally into the town of Cassino, but h...		11/04/2008	510
	Operation Deadlight, UK Waters Operation Deadlight was the code name for the scuttling of the unwanted German U-boats which the allies got their hands on after the end of World War Two (WWII). Most of these (if not all) operations took place from Lisahally, Northern Ireland or Loch Ryan, Scotland. About 121 German U-boats were scuttled during the fall and and winter of 1945-1946 out of Ireland.		09/07/2005	623