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unc70

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7. I know. Weird their inconsistency with dates

Reply to mahatmakanejeeves (Reply #6)

Sat Dec 16, 2023, 11:56 AM

Dec 2023

The whole month, week, and 5 days construct just seems weird to me. And the five weeks is just incorrect. Don't mean to distract from the importance of the Battle.

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At 0530 on 16 December 1944, with a massive, 90-minute German artillery barrage, the Battle of the Bulge began. [View all] mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2023 OP

My uncle was killed and buried there with the other what Trump calls doc03 Dec 2023 #1

My Dad survived that's why I can post TexLaProgressive Dec 2023 #2

Deleted-double post TexLaProgressive Dec 2023 #8

My uncle was in that battle. Ocelot II Dec 2023 #3

Small nit with quoted text -- six weeks, not five unc70 Dec 2023 #4

In the opening synopsis, the duration is given as mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2023 #6

I know. Weird their inconsistency with dates unc70 Dec 2023 #7

Thanks, K/R appalachiablue Dec 2023 #5