R. A. C. Parker
- Normandy, 1944
D-Day was cloudy and windy, but the weather was better than the day before. Their forecast had been bad enough to persuade the German defenders that they would not be disturbed on 6 June but the forecast presented Eisenhower, the allied Supreme Commander, had been just good enough for him to order the attack.
R. A. C. Parker
- Japan Attacks
In 1932 the Japanese army was unsuccessful in an attempt to extend Japanese control in Shanghai but in 1933 was able to conquer the Chinese province of Jehol and add it to the puppet state of Manchukuo. For a few years a loosely negotiated truce supervened while the Japanese army continued to look for Chinese leaders who would accept and safeguard Japanese mercantile interests.
