When the Germans discovered General Patton's new HQ in the French city of Nancy in November 1944, they determined to kill him using a special long-range weapon - the railway gun!

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Sources:
- 'The Shelling of Patton's Nancy HQ' by Jim Sulmeier & Jerome Leclerc, After The Battle, No. 176, 2027
- 'The Lorraine Campaign', Hugh M. Cole, United States Army in World War II: European Theater of Operations, Center of Military History, Washington DC, 1950
- 'Patton: A Genius for War', Carlo D'Este, (New York: Harper Collins, 1995)

Credits: US National Archives; Library of Congress; Superx308

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