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TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 28
Stars & Stripes WWII Articles
Stars & Stripes has put online a number of photos, stories and pages from their WWII editions. One of the most interesting articles is "German tanks met their master" which describes comabt by the Ninth Army and includes the following American comments on the German Tiger II:
Finally, the premier performance of the new super-tank—the Germans' highly-touted Tiger Royal—turned out to be no more potent than the ordinary Tiger. Except for the longer and more frightening barrel on the 88, it is the same, most of the men claim... "We call the Tiger Royal the 'King Size' Tiger," one American said. "That barrel sticks out there like a little fat man smoking a Pall Mall."

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