Trenches to Foxholes: This Day in World War History - 20 1914 German troops occupy undefended Brussels. Following this, the main German armies continue westward and invade France according to their master strategy known as the Schlieffen Plan. It calls for a giant counter-clockwise movement of German armies wheeling into France, swallowing up Paris, and then attacking the rear of the French armies concentrated in the Alsace-Lorraine area. Under the overall command of Helmuth von Moltke, Chief of the German General Staff, the Germans seek to achieve victory over France within six weeks and then focus on defeating Russia in the East before Russias six-million-man army, the worlds largest, can fully mobilize. 1942 Henderson Field receives 31 U.S. Marine fighter aircraft (19 Wildcat fighters and 12 Dauntless dive bombers) from USS Long Island, allowing air supply and evacuation of wounded to begin between Espiritu Santo and Guadalcanal; the small air fleet is dubbed Cactus Air Force.
Posted on: Wed, 20 Aug 2014 06:01:55 +0000
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