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发帖数: 6973 | 1 There are several interesting articles in this issue.
(1) D-Day and the Normandy landings; France liberated, the full version.
Economist, May 28, 2009.
http://www.economist.com/books/displaystory.cfm?story_id=13726533
("Nearly 5,000 landing ships and assault craft were escorted by six
battleships, four monitors, 23 cruisers, 104 destroyers and 152 escort
vessels, while 277 minesweepers cleared channels ahead of them.")
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