{"id":66878,"date":"2021-07-04T04:00:01","date_gmt":"2021-07-04T08:00:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/?p=66878"},"modified":"2024-02-25T13:58:41","modified_gmt":"2024-02-25T18:58:41","slug":"fall-blau-begins-stalin-caught-off-guard-again-149-ww2-july-3-1942","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/2021\/07\/04\/fall-blau-begins-stalin-caught-off-guard-again-149-ww2-july-3-1942\/","title":{"rendered":"<em>Fall Blau<\/em> Begins, Stalin Caught off Guard Again &#8211; 149 &#8211; WW2 &#8211; July 3, 1942"},"content":{"rendered":"<p align=\"center\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"854\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/rOcxq1n94ZE\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>World War Two<\/strong><br \/>\nPublished 3 Jul 2021<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s that time of the year again &mdash; the time when the Axis Powers drive deep into the Soviet Union. <em>Fall Blau<\/em> is the name of this year&#8217;s huge offensive, and it begins this week, making great gains from the very beginning, but the Axis Powers are also making big gains this week in North Africa, taking Mersa Matruh and pushing to within 100 km of Alexandria. 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