Empty Your Pockets (Patreon)

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2021-05-19 13:25:50

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2023-06

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This week the Germans are able to fully relieve their soldiers who have been trapped in the Demyansk pocket after weeks of air supply. The Germans also relived a smaller pocket in Kholm. The Soviets however have experienced the opposite this week, when their overstretched spearhead is surrounded by German forces south of Kharkov. Meanwhile in North Africa it is the British that are putting themselves at risk of an encirclement. While both Axis and Allied forces are building up troops and preparing for battle in the desert, the British have left large gaps in their defensive positions covered only by landmines. However, not all is bad for the Allies, as US intelligence analysts have just received a definitive piece of evidence that confirms Japan plans to attack at Midway, therefor depriving them of the element of surprise.

With all this talk of encirclement it seems like this war is more about movement and encirclement than almost any before it. What do you think? What are some of the most devastating encirclement and maneuvers in military history? Most interesting reply gets a cookie (emoji).

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143 - AF is short of fresh water - WW2 - May 23, 1942

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