A key piece of Dutch real estate needed to be taken if the port of Antwerp were to become useful to the Allies.   More »

Troopers of the U.S. 101st and 82nd Airborne Divisions fought with distinction during the air-ground assault in the autumn of 1944.   More »

Commanded by General William “Texas Bill” Simpson, the U.S. Ninth Army fought its way across Europe.   More »

Operation Market Garden, a bold plan to end the war quickly, led instead to an allied disaster in Holland, but the 82nd Airborne Division held firm.   More »

After Normandy, the U.S. 507th Parachute Infantry Regiment spearheaded Operation Varsity, the March 1945 airborne jump across the Rhine into Germany.   More »

Although often overlooked, Canadian troops did their part to ensure victory on D-Day.   More »

Operation Varsity, the parachute and glider mission to breach the Rhine in March 1945, was the Allies’ biggest—and last—airborne operation of the war.   More »

During the 1943 Allied invasion of Sicily, the British and Germans fought pitched battles for two key bridges: the Malati and the Primosole.   More »

SS tanker Michael Wittmann became the most famous armor ace of World War II and died in the process.   More »

Audacious panzer ace Michael Wittmann and a force of heavy Tiger tanks destroyed a British armored column at this once peaceful Norman village.   More »