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Fortitude: Encyclopedia II - Hobart's Funnies - History

The beginnings of the Funnies started with the need to create a series of modern siege engines to lead the assault on the beach defences of the French coast. A rapid sweeping away of the obstacles and defenders on the British sectors would be important as the lie of land would favour a rapid counterattack by German armour. Field Marshall Brooke made the decision in 1943 to create these new units. The build up of vehicles and the training of crews to use them to their best was given to the leadership of the armoured warfare expert Percy ...

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Hobart's Funnies, Hobart's Funnies - History, Hobart's Funnies - The Menagerie, Hobart's Funnies - Post-World War Two

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Fortitude: Encyclopedia II - Hobart's Funnies - The Menagerie

The majority of the designs were modified forms of the Churchill tank which had good performance over difficult ground or the Sherman tank which was available in large numbers. Among the many specialist vehicles and their attachments were: Crocodile - A Churchill tank converted into a flame tank by fitting a flame-thrower in place of the hull machine gun. An armoured trailer, towed behind the tank, carried 400 Imperial gallons (1,800 litres) of fuel. The flamethrower had a range of over 120 yards (110 metres ...

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Hobart's Funnies, Hobart's Funnies - History, Hobart's Funnies - The Menagerie, Hobart's Funnies - Post-World War Two

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Fortitude: Encyclopedia II - Hobart's Funnies - Post-World War Two

The Centaur bulldozer continued to be used by the British Army for some years after World War Two and saw action during the Korean War. Also, small numbers of Churchill AVRE's and Sherman BARV's were used until the 1960's when they were replaced with similar vehicles based on the Centurion Tank. The Royal Engineers continue to use modified Centurion and Chieftain tanks that are designed to fulfill the same roles in battle as the Funnies. Armoured bulldozers continue to be used by the Israel Defense Forces and have been recently adop ...

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Hobart's Funnies, Hobart's Funnies - History, Hobart's Funnies - The Menagerie, Hobart's Funnies - Post-World War Two

Read more here: » Hobart's Funnies: Encyclopedia II - Hobart's Funnies - Post-World War Two

Fortitude: Encyclopedia II - Omaha Beach - Bloody Omaha

The Germans had adequately prepared their Atlantic Wall defences along the obstacle-strewn beach, and the gentle downward slope gave them an excellent field of fire. The German 352nd Division defending Omaha Beach was one of the better trained German units in the area. About half of the swimming Sherman DD Tanks intended to give armoured support swamped and sank before reaching shore, due to adverse weather conditions and deployment orders that were inappropriate for such conditions -- half the tanks were launched as planned, from 6 kilomete ...

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Omaha Beach, Omaha Beach - Bloody Omaha, Omaha Beach - Breakthrough, Omaha Beach - Famous names at the beach, Omaha Beach - Dramatizations

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Fortitude: Encyclopedia II - Operation Goodwood - Background

After the early successes of the Battle of Normandy the Allied advance had come very nearly to a halt by early July. The key town of Caen was not taken on the first day as planned and over a month later it was still in German hands. Pre-invasion planning had proposed taking Caen and holding a front east of the Orne river as the pivot point of the Allied advance. Possession of Caen would give the British Second Army a strong piece of defensive terrain and would provide several bridges over the Orne river and Caen Canal. Also, the Colombelles ...

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Operation Goodwood, Operation Goodwood - Background, Operation Goodwood - Planning, Operation Goodwood - Execution, Operation Goodwood - Effects

Read more here: » Operation Goodwood: Encyclopedia II - Operation Goodwood - Background

Fortitude: Encyclopedia II - Operation Goodwood - Planning

At a meeting with General Montgomery on July 10th, the Second Army commander, General Miles Dempsey proposed the Goodwood plan. This was the same day Montgomery approved Operation Cobra. Goodwood's starting point was the inescapable fact that the British Army was incapable of replacing its high Infantry losses at the rate they were taking casualties in Normandy. On the other hand, the Second Army had three armored divisions ashore (the 7th Armoured Division, Guards Armoured Division, and 11th Armoured Division with a surplus of tanks. ...

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Operation Goodwood, Operation Goodwood - Background, Operation Goodwood - Planning, Operation Goodwood - Execution, Operation Goodwood - Effects

Read more here: » Operation Goodwood: Encyclopedia II - Operation Goodwood - Planning

Fortitude: Encyclopedia II - Operation Goodwood - Execution

Preparatory fire support was provided spectacularly by almost 1,000 heavy and medium bombers dropping over 15,000 bombs. The German positions to the east of Caen were carpet-bombed and many of the villages were reduced to rubble, disrupting the German defenses. The shock value of the intense, short bombardment was high. However, the German artillery on the Bourgebus ridge, Cagny, and Emieville was not hit by any of the air or artillery prep fire. These sites had clear fields of fire into the path of the British advance. Engineers of the 51st Highland Division cleared 17 one-tank-wide gaps in their ...

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Operation Goodwood, Operation Goodwood - Background, Operation Goodwood - Planning, Operation Goodwood - Execution, Operation Goodwood - Effects

Read more here: » Operation Goodwood: Encyclopedia II - Operation Goodwood - Execution

Fortitude: Encyclopedia II - Operation Goodwood - Effects

Goodwood yielded some terrain gain as the bridgehead over the Orne was expanded; in a few areas the depth of penetration was 12,000 yards, but much of the gain was lateral, southward across the British front rather than eastwards into the depth of the German position. Goodwood was launched at a time of high frustration in the upper command levels of the Allies in Normandy, and this contributed to the controversy surrounding the operation. The Allied bridgehead in Normandy was not expanding at the pace expected, and there was some fear ...

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Operation Goodwood, Operation Goodwood - Background, Operation Goodwood - Planning, Operation Goodwood - Execution, Operation Goodwood - Effects

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Fortitude: Encyclopedia II - Casti Connubii - Sanctity of marriage

Early Catholic doctrine considered complete sexual abstinence to be the most holy state for humans, with marriage allowed only for those without the fortitude required by an abstinent life. This encyclical, however, stresses that marriage is a sacrament, equal in stature to remaining virginal and unmarried. Casti Connubii speaks out against the eugenics laws, popular at that time, that forbade those deemed 'unfit' from marrying and having children: Those who act in this way are at fault in losing sight of the fa ...

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Casti Connubii, Casti Connubii - Sanctity of marriage, Casti Connubii - Birth control, Casti Connubii - Abortion

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Fortitude: Encyclopedia II - Virtue - The four virtues

The four classic Western "cardinal" virtues are: prudence/wisdom justice fortitude/courage temperance The four classic Islamic "cardinal" virtues are: Shiddiq : prudence/wisdom/truthful Tabligh : communicative Amanah : trustworthy Fathanah : intelligent or smart ...

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Virtue, Virtue - The four virtues, Virtue - Virtue in the Western philosophical tradition, Virtue - The unity of the virtues, Virtue - Prudence and virtue, Virtue - The Christian virtues, Virtue - Virtue and vice, Virtue - Capital Vices and Virtues, Virtue - Virtue in Chinese philosophy, Virtue - Occurrences of the word 'Virtue'

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Fortitude: Encyclopedia II - Unit album - Recording

Regurgitator had just completed their eleventh extensive Australian tour (with The Fauves and Tomorrow People), when they planned to begin work on the creation of their next album. However this was delayed when the band decided to make their third trip to America to do a tour with bands helmet and The Melvins. Upon return, the group rented a condemned warehouse in Brisbane's Fortitude Valley to write and record Unit. They affectiona ...

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Unit album, Unit album - Recording, Unit album - Video clips, Unit album - Cover art, Unit album - Track listing, Unit album - Singles

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Fortitude: Encyclopedia II - Brisbane - Shopping and restaurants

Major shopping areas in Brisbane and Brisbane suburbs consist of shopping centres and malls — large multi-leveled buildings containing hundreds if not thousands of individual stores. Brisbane and Fortitude Valley shops and restaurants Major shopping precincts exist throughout the CBD, in the Queen Street Mall and in Fortitude Valley. Most of these stores are usually the central or headquarter stores of their other franchises in the city. The Queen Street Mall offers a range of restaurants, souvenirs and award winning shopping centres, including: Wintergarden, Br ...

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Brisbane, Brisbane - History, Brisbane - Environment, Brisbane - Geography, Brisbane - Topography, Brisbane - Climate, Brisbane - Government and demographics, Brisbane - Economy, Brisbane - Universities in Brisbane, Brisbane - Brisbane based universities, Brisbane - Other universities with Brisbane tertiary centres, Brisbane - TAFE institutes in Brisbane, Brisbane - Colleges with specific focuses, Brisbane - Heritage and landmarks, Brisbane - Brisbane CBD and South Bank, Brisbane - Brisbane suburban landmarks, Brisbane - Notable Brisbane bridges, Brisbane - Tourist destinations, Brisbane - Theatre and the performing arts, Brisbane - Creative arts, Brisbane - Popular entertainment, Brisbane - Shopping and restaurants, Brisbane - Sport, Brisbane - Transport, Brisbane - Roads, Brisbane - Airports, Brisbane - Seaports, Brisbane - Media, Brisbane - Television, Brisbane - Internet Radio and TV, Brisbane - Radio, Brisbane - Newspapers, Brisbane - Trivia, Brisbane - Notes, Brisbane - List of Brisbane articles

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Fortitude: Encyclopedia II - Falaise pocket - Prelude

With Allied troops having made slow progress in Normandy through most of June and July, the US 12th Army Group under General Omar Bradley started to make rapid progress at the beginning of August, thanks to the success of Operation Cobra. By August 4 the German front facing the 12th Army Group had largely collapsed. A small but fierce German counter-offensive (Operation Lüttich) was launched on August 7 at Mortain. This was a feeble attempt at halting the Allied breakthrough by cutting off Patton's Third Army forces. With the aid of ...

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Falaise pocket, Falaise pocket - Prelude, Falaise pocket - South, Falaise pocket - North, Falaise pocket - Inside the pocket, Falaise pocket - The aftermath, Falaise pocket - External link

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Fortitude: Encyclopedia II - Falaise pocket - South

Headed by General Leclerc's French 2nd Armored Division, which had taken Le Mans on August 9, the American XV Corps received orders on August 10 to move rapidly north. On August 12 it entered Alençon, then moved on to Ecouché and finally Argentan on August 14, 22 km south of Falaise, where they were ordered to halt by Bradley (a decision supported by Eisenhower) for fear of running into the Canadians to the north—the rapid changes in troop locations were causing confusion in the Allied communication lines. The halt in the northward advan ...

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Falaise pocket, Falaise pocket - Prelude, Falaise pocket - South, Falaise pocket - North, Falaise pocket - Inside the pocket, Falaise pocket - The aftermath, Falaise pocket - External link

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Fortitude: Encyclopedia II - Falaise pocket - North

To the North, Montgomery launched a new offensive to the south of Caen at the same time, with the Canadians and the Poles of General Maczek's 1st Armored Division launched a drive south towards Falaise on August 9 (Operation Totalize). Although under air attack by day, the German forces were still able to cause serious damage, as they did on August 10 when the Canadians lost 40 men at "Hill 111" near Estrées-la-Campagne. They also put up fierce resistance against the 2nd Canadian Infantry Division in the woods north of Falaise on August 16. ...

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Falaise pocket, Falaise pocket - Prelude, Falaise pocket - South, Falaise pocket - North, Falaise pocket - Inside the pocket, Falaise pocket - The aftermath, Falaise pocket - External link

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Fortitude: Encyclopedia II - Falaise pocket - Inside the pocket

Under the combined pressure of the Americans and French to the south, the British to the west, and the Canadians and Poles to the north, by August 10 the Germans were aware of the danger, although Hitler was demanding an immediate counter-attack on Avranches rather than a deliberate withdrawal. On August 15, Hitler replaced Field Marshall von Kluge with Model. The following day, with the remaining 150,000 troops of the German Seventh Army and Fifth Panzer Army almost encircled, Hitler finally ordered a general withdrawal of troops towards th ...

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Falaise pocket, Falaise pocket - Prelude, Falaise pocket - South, Falaise pocket - North, Falaise pocket - Inside the pocket, Falaise pocket - The aftermath, Falaise pocket - External link

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Fortitude: Encyclopedia II - Falaise pocket - The aftermath

Although perhaps 100,000 German troops succeeded in escaping the allies due to the delay in closing the gap, they left behind 150,000 prisoners and wounded, over 10,000 dead, and the road practically impassable due to destroyed vehicles and bodies. The Canadians also suffered heavy losses, with over 18,000 dead or wounded. The failure to capture greater numbers of German troops was questioned by some commanders and postwar writers. The formation and reduction of the pocket was a great Allied success; there was however a sense, even as the pocket clos ...

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Falaise pocket, Falaise pocket - Prelude, Falaise pocket - South, Falaise pocket - North, Falaise pocket - Inside the pocket, Falaise pocket - The aftermath, Falaise pocket - External link

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Fortitude: Encyclopedia II - Pointe du Hoc - The target

Pointe du Hoc (often misspelled as "Pointe du Hoe" in official Army documents) is best known for the assault made on it during the World War II Normandy landings, June 6, 1944. The Germans had fortified six 155-mm artillery emplacements on the cliffs which overlooked the landing beaches. These guns would enable artillery fire to be directed over both Omaha and Utah approaches, undoubtedly causing massive casualties in the landing forces. Although bombarded several times from the air and by naval guns, intelligence reports assumed that the fo ...

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Pointe du Hoc, Pointe du Hoc - The target, Pointe du Hoc - The attack, Pointe du Hoc - Media, Pointe du Hoc - Today

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Fortitude: Encyclopedia II - Pointe du Hoc - The attack

The Ranger battalion was comanded by Lieutenant Colonel James Earl Rudder. The plan called for the three companies of Rangers to be landed by sea at the foot of the cliffs, scale them using ropes, ladders, and grapples under enemy fire, and engage the enemy at the top of the cliff. This was to be carried out before the main landings. The Rangers trained for the cliff assault on the Isle of Wight, under the direction of British Commandos. Despite initial setbacks due to weather and navigational problems, resulting in a 40-minute delay ...

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Pointe du Hoc, Pointe du Hoc - The target, Pointe du Hoc - The attack, Pointe du Hoc - Media, Pointe du Hoc - Today

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Fortitude: Encyclopedia II - Pointe du Hoc - Media

The assault on Pointe du Hoc has recently been portrayed in the video game Call of Duty 2, in which the player is a member of the 2nd Ranger Battalion and is faced with destroying the artillery battery and fending off the counter-attacks. So far, this is the only video game version of this battle. The movie, The Longest Day, also contains scenes of the assault on the cliffs of Point du Hoc. ...

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Pointe du Hoc, Pointe du Hoc - The target, Pointe du Hoc - The attack, Pointe du Hoc - Media, Pointe du Hoc - Today

Read more here: » Pointe du Hoc: Encyclopedia II - Pointe du Hoc - Media

Fortitude: Encyclopedia II - Operation Bluecoat - Forces

British 11th Armoured Division Guards Armoured Division 43rd Wessex Infantry Division 6th Guards Tank Brigade German ...

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Operation Bluecoat, Operation Bluecoat - Background, Operation Bluecoat - Forces, Operation Bluecoat - Progress of the Battle, Operation Bluecoat - Outcome, Operation Bluecoat - Notable Actions, Operation Bluecoat - Context

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