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Operation Frankton: The Most Daring Raid of World War 2 — History is Now Magazine, Podcasts, Blog and Books | Modern International and American history

Tannenfels, a German blockade runner which was sunk. The Strategic Importance of Bordeaux Bordeaux, located in southwest France along the Garonne River, was a vital port for the Axis powers during the Second World War. Following the fall of France in 1940, the German military took control of the port and used it to facilitate […]

Rescuing Mussolini: The Fallschirmjäger Gran Sasso Raid — History is Now Magazine, Podcasts, Blog and Books | Modern International and American history

By 1943, the tide of the Second World War was turning against the Axis powers. In Italy, internal dissent reached a crescendo with the overthrow of Benito Mussolini, (Duce). Several of his colleagues were close to revolt, and Mussolini was forced to summon the Grand Council on the July 24, 1943. This was the first […]

World War 1’s 1918 Zeebrugge Raid by the British — History is Now Magazine, Podcasts, Blog and Books | Modern International and American history

Zeebrugge is located in Belgium on the north coast of Europe. The port provided quick access to the North Sea for the Imperial German Navy throughout the First World War for their U-boats and light shipping, which the German navy was trying to threaten the Allied-controlled English Channel and the North Sea with. As the […]

A Daring 1942 Raid by Britain Against Nazi Germany: Operation Biting — History is Now Magazine, Podcasts, Blog and Books | Modern International and American history

As the Nazi forces of fascist Germany ravaged Europe, Britain and the commonwealth stood alone upholding the ideas of freedom, until the USA entered the war on December 7, 1941, against Japanese imperialism and European fascist brutality, after the infamous attack on Pearl Harbor. Britain then curtailed Hitler’s plans to invade Britain (Operation Sea Lion), […]