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    The Zoo Tour in Berlin

    Here is an excerpt from the second part of my two-part article on The Zoo Tower. Again, you can find the rest of the article on my blog, Charles McCain "The Zoo bunker or air raid shelter was designed to hold 8,000 people although thousands more were crammed into the shelter during heavy...
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    The Zoo Tour in Berlin

    Here is an excerpt from my blog about the Zoo Tower in Berlin. You can find the rest of the article on my blog, Charles McCain "The Zoo Tower was one of the three gigantic flak towers (Flaktürme) constructed to defend Berlin during World War Two. Hitler ordered the construction of these towers...
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    Battle of Hürtgen Forest

    Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: Washington D.C. Posts: 8 CharlesMcCain is a balanced individual [0] Here is an excerpt from the last part of the 3-part article you can find the rest on my blog Charles McCain "The Hürtgen Forest campaign is a battle that should never have been fought...
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    Battle of Hürtgen Forest

    An excerpt from the Second-Part of the article, which can also be found on my blog Charles McCain "To make the Battle for Hürtgen Forest worse, American GIs were badly supplied, equipped, and trained. Incredibly, the US Army was actually short of riflemen since planners in Washington had...
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    Battle of Hürtgen Forest

    Here is an excerpt from a blog piece I wrote about the hardships faced by American GI's in the Battle of Hürtgen Forest. You can find the rest at my blog Charles McCain "There are many battles in World War Two fought by the US Army which were badly planned and fought with untrained troops...
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    Flak Towers of the Reich

    Here is an excerpt from a blog post I wrote about the the use of Flak Towers by the Reich. You can find the rest on my blog Charles McCain. "The main function of the towers was less shooting down Allied bombers, although that was important, but more to put up such a mass of anti-aircraft fire...
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    Book Review of Five Years, Four Fronts: the War Years of Georg Grossjohann by Georg G

    Here is an excerpt from a review of Five Years, Four Fronts: the War Years of Georg Grossjohann I wrote on my blog, Charles McCain "Despite the lack of introspection in this memoir such as "what am I fighting for," it is a very solid three star memoir by a German soldier. Of particular...
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