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  • History of War

    FRANCIS GORING’S PARACHUTE

    May 09, 2024 1 minute

    s the Battle of Normandy continued into August 1944, German Army Group B was in turmoil, ordered to launch a doomed counter-attack against Allied forces. With 15 German divisions deep into Allied territory, General Bernard Montgomery ordered the Allied

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