{"id":78883,"date":"2022-12-25T03:00:22","date_gmt":"2022-12-25T08:00:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/?p=78883"},"modified":"2023-07-19T15:30:40","modified_gmt":"2023-07-19T19:30:40","slug":"stalins-christmas-surprise-major-offensives-to-come-ww2-226-december-24-1943","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/2022\/12\/25\/stalins-christmas-surprise-major-offensives-to-come-ww2-226-december-24-1943\/","title":{"rendered":"Stalin&#8217;s Christmas Surprise &#8211; Major Offensives to Come &#8211; WW2 &#8211; 226 &#8211; December 24, 1943"},"content":{"rendered":"<p align=\"center\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"854\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/hHKbecc4jlk\" 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 24 Dec 2022<\/p>\n<p>Twas the night before Christmas and the war was grinding on. The Moro River Campaign continues in Italy with Canadian infantry pushing past the Gully and into &#8220;Little Stalingrad&#8221;. Generally, the Allied advance to Rome is turning into a stalemate though, but Winston Churchill still believes an amphibious landing is the way to break this. Joseph Stalin also has some pretty big plans to bring the USSR back to its pre-Barbarossa borders. In the Pacific, there is attrition over Rabaul and stalemate on Bougainville.<br \/>\n<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Join us on Patreon: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.patreon.com\/TimeGhostHistory\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.patreon.com\/TimeGhostHistory<\/a><br \/>\nOr join The TimeGhost Army directly at: <a href=\"https:\/\/timeghost.tv\/signup\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/timeghost.tv<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>Get Collectibles here: <a href=\"https:\/\/timeghost.tv\/collectibles\/\u200b\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/timeghost.tv\/collectibles\/\u200b<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>Follow WW2 day by day on Instagram @ww2_day_by_day &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/ww2_day_by_day\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/ww2_day_by_day<\/a><br \/>\nFollow Indy on Instagram: https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/indy_neidell\/<br \/>\nFollow Sparty on Instagram: https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/spartacusolsson\/?hl=en<br \/>\nFollow Timeghost History on Instagram &#8211; 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