{"id":1872,"date":"2022-03-25T20:27:46","date_gmt":"2022-03-26T00:27:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/timcurran.com\/blog\/?page_id=1872"},"modified":"2025-02-26T14:06:57","modified_gmt":"2025-02-26T19:06:57","slug":"wings-writing-sample","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/timcurran.com\/blog\/wings-writing-sample\/","title":{"rendered":"Wings Writing Sample"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 align=\"center\">Writing Sample from\u00a0<i>Wings Over Europe<\/i><\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/timcurran.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/muddy.gif?ssl=1\" data-versionurl=\"https:\/\/timcurran.com\/blog\/amber\/cache\/c7460f8f32149bb257c58765658b2203\/\" data-versiondate=\"2026-01-09T16:40:52+00:00\" data-amber-behavior=\"\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/timcurran.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/muddy.gif?resize=300%2C228&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"228\" \/><\/a> Fighting in Yugoslavia<\/p>\n<p>By the time Germany attacks Russia in June, Soviet generals are able to stall the Nazis long enough to enlist their great historical ally: Winter.<\/p>\n<p>Russian winter, German operations stymied<\/p>\n<p>The first snow falls in early October turning roads to mud; soon the freezing Russian winter brings Luftwaffe operations almost to a standstill.\u00a0 Nazi deployment capability plummets with the temperature. At fifty below, most German war machinery is inoperable.<\/p>\n<p>Russians in snow, looking efficient<\/p>\n<p>The Soviets, on the other hand, are trained and equipped for the bitter cold, and begin a counteroffensive in the dead of winter.<\/p>\n<p>Industry packed up and moved East of Urals<\/p>\n<p>They also seize the opportunity to mount one of the greatest feats of logistics in military history. The Soviets crate and ship almost their entire defense industry more than a thousand miles east, beyond the Ural mountains \u2013 and out of German bomber range.<\/p>\n<p>Russian trains<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/timcurran.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/trains.gif?ssl=1\" data-versionurl=\"https:\/\/timcurran.com\/blog\/amber\/cache\/21ea464748c9ae0e22ceeb7659f6db4f\/\" data-versiondate=\"2026-01-09T16:39:40+00:00\" data-amber-behavior=\"\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/timcurran.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/trains.gif?resize=300%2C231&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"231\" \/><\/a>In five months, 13-hundred and sixty munitions plants alone have been moved eastward in one-point-five million freight car loads.<\/p>\n<p>New aircraft factory, sans roof<\/p>\n<p>Aircraft factories are thrown up in days&#8230; churning out planes before the roof is even up, in temperatures down to forty below.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a91994 Discovery Communications\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0All Rights Reserved<\/p>\n<p><style>\np {<br \/>\n  font-family: \"Courier Prime\", \"Courier New\", Monospace;<br \/>\n  margin-top: 0pt;<br \/>\n  margin-bottom: 0pt;<br \/>\n  text-indent: 2em;<br \/>\n}<br \/>\np.video {<br \/>\n    text-indent: -66%;<br \/>\n    margin-bottom: -1.66em;<br \/>\n}<br \/>\n<\/style><\/p>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-flexible-table-block-table\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><tbody><tr><td style=\"border-width:0\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/timcurran.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/muddy.gif?ssl=1\" data-versionurl=\"https:\/\/timcurran.com\/blog\/amber\/cache\/c7460f8f32149bb257c58765658b2203\/\" data-versiondate=\"2026-01-09T16:40:52+00:00\" data-amber-behavior=\"\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"228\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/timcurran.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/muddy.gif?resize=300%2C228&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\"><\/a><br>Fighting in Yugoslavia<\/td><td style=\"border-width:0 font-family\">By the time Germany attacks Russia in June, Soviet generals are able to stall the Nazis long enough to enlist their great historical ally: Winter.<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Russian winter, German operations stymied<\/td><td style=\"border-width:0\">The first snow falls in early October turning roads to mud; soon the freezing Russian winter brings Luftwaffe operations almost to a standstill.&nbsp; Nazi deployment capability plummets with the temperature. At fifty below, most German war machinery is inoperable.<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><\/td><td style=\"border-width:0\"><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Writing Sample from\u00a0Wings Over Europe Fighting in Yugoslavia By the time Germany attacks Russia in June, Soviet generals are able to stall the Nazis long enough to enlist their great historical ally: Winter. Russian winter, German operations stymied The first snow falls in early October turning roads to mud; soon the freezing Russian winter brings Luftwaffe operations almost to a standstill.\u00a0 Nazi deployment capability plummets with the temperature. At fifty below, most German war machinery is inoperable. Russians in snow, looking efficient The Soviets, on the other hand, are trained and equipped for the bitter cold, and begin a counteroffensive in the dead of winter. Industry packed up and moved East of Urals They also seize the opportunity to mount one of the greatest feats of logistics in military history. The Soviets crate and ship almost their entire defense industry more than a thousand miles east, beyond the Ural mountains \u2013 and out of German bomber range. Russian trains In five months, 13-hundred and sixty munitions plants alone have been moved eastward in one-point-five million freight car loads. New aircraft factory, sans roof Aircraft factories are thrown up in days&#8230; churning out planes before the roof is even up, in temperatures down to forty below. \u00a91994 Discovery Communications\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0All Rights Reserved<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":274,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_uag_custom_page_level_css":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1872","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":false,"thumbnail":false,"medium":false,"medium_large":false,"large":false,"1536x1536":false,"2048x2048":false},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"Tim Curran","author_link":"https:\/\/timcurran.com\/blog\/author\/timcurran-admin\/"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"Writing Sample from\u00a0Wings Over Europe Fighting in Yugoslavia By the time Germany attacks Russia in June, Soviet generals are able to stall the Nazis long enough to enlist their great historical ally: Winter. 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