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Panzer Lehr Division’s Assault on Bastogne

Fritz Bayerlein’s elite Panzer Lehr Division was one of the spearheads of Hitler’s last major offensive in the West, the Battle of the Bulge.

24 April 2020

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The Few, the Proud, the Black Marines in World War II

Faced with racial discrimination at home and in the Corps, African American Marines proved themselves at Iwo Jima and elsewhere during World War II.

24 April 2020

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101st Airborne Medic recalls Op. Market Garden and the Battle of the Bulge

Medic Al Mampre treated Easy Company’s wounded during Market Garden and later for the 101st Airborne Division’s 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment at the Battle of the Bulge.

22 April 2020

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The German Channel Dash

In June 1942, courage and incompetence merged when the British dueled with Germany’s mightiest warships in the English Channel.

17 April 2020

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D-Day Battle for Easy Red & Fox Green Beaches

Amid bullets and shells, blood and death, the men of the 1st Infantry Division helped turn the tide of battle during the D-Day landings in Normandy.

10 April 2020

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Savage Struggle for Leningrad

For 872 days during World War II, the German Army laid siege to Leningrad, Communism’s “Holy City,” only to be defeated in the end.

10 April 2020

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World War II Odyssey Across Europe

A soldier in Patton’s Third Army saw firsthand the devastation of war as he travelled across Europe during World War II.

7 April 2020

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Hitler’s Wonder Weapons

Hitler tried to make Germany the most technologically advanced combatant nation during World War II, but his wonder weapons failed to win the war.

7 April 2020

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Desperate Los Baños Raid

A daring and well-executed raid on the Los Baños prison camp in the Philippines saved the lives of more than 2,100 American men, women, and children.

3 April 2020

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Operation Cobra: Get a Move On!

An aggressive armored reconnaissance battalion leads the Allied breakout from the Normandy beachhead.

31 March 2020

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Erwin Rommel’s War Photographs

Field Marshal Erwin Rommel, famed German commander in North Africa and Western Europe, was also an avid photographer.

27 March 2020

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Hitler’s Death in the Führerbunker

The Third Reich that Hitler boasted would last a thousand years ended in a series of dismal concrete rooms deep beneath the blazing ruins of Berlin where the madman took his own life.

24 March 2020

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Battle of the Java Sea: Desperate Delaying Action

Allied warships were roughly handled during the Battle of the Java Sea as they defended the East Indies during World War II.

20 March 2020

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WWII Pioneers of Skip Bombing

American bombers pilots in the Pacific during World War II, particularly those of the Fifth Air Force, perfected the technique of accurately skip bombing Japanese shipping.

13 March 2020

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P-40 Fighter Pilot: Fighting for His Life

A young American fighter pilot experienced a particularly tough day in combat against the Japanese while flying his fighter over New Guinea during World War II.

10 March 2020

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