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Fighting Across Europe with the 101st Airborne

101st Airborne paratrooper Norwood Thomas survived D-Day, Operation Market Garden, and the fighting in Germany during World War II.

2 January 2020

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Stalling Hitler’s Panzers at Mortain

Americans from the 30th Infantry Division took a heavy toll on German panzers at a French crossroads near Mortain during World War II.

31 December 2019

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The Liberation of Nordhausen Concentration Camp

On March 30, 1945, the U.S. 3rd Armored Division made a startling discovery at the Nordhausen Concentration Camp the same day its commander was killed near Paderborn, Germany.

31 December 2019

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USS Nevada’s Run to the Sea

Under attack at Pearl Harbor, the USS Nevada was the only U.S. battleship to get underway that morning.

27 December 2019

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World War II Soldier’s First Combat: “You Learn Fast”

A replacement with the 94th Infantry Division recalls his first time in combat and the final months of World War II in Europe.

27 December 2019

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Operation Barbarossa: How Stalin was Blindsided by Berlin

Soviet leader Joseph Stalin refused to believe that his country was about to be invaded by Nazi Germany—until it happened with Operation Barbarossa.

24 December 2019

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Armored Clash in Alsace-Lorraine

During the Battle of the Bulge in January 1945, U.S. and German armored forces squared off in Alsace-Lorraine for a costly battle near the village of Herrlisheim.

20 December 2019

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Dumbos, Black Cats, and Coastwatchers during World War II

During the Solomons campaign, American “flying boats” and Australian coastwatchers did much to blunt Japanese air and sea power and help turn the tide in the Allies’ favor.

20 December 2019

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World War II British Submarine Operations in the Pacific

18 December 2019

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Ordnance: Boeing B-29 Superfortress Game Changer

The gunnery system on the Boeing B-29 Superfortress was a revolutionary advancement in heavy bomber defense.

18 December 2019

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Top Secret: Gen. Mark Clark’s Daring Operation Flagpole

A secret mission in North Africa made General Mark Clark a national hero.

18 December 2019

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Firestorm at Hollandia

In the spring of 1944, Allied forces under General Douglas MacArthur moved to expand their hold on the island of New Guinea, but a single Japanese bomb wreaked havoc on a landing beach.

13 December 2019

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C-47 Crew Chief’s Four Flights into Hell

A C-47 crew chief tells about flying in the war’s four biggest aerial operations: Overlord, Market Garden, Varsity, and the relief of Bastogne during World War II.

13 December 2019

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Siege of Bastogne: The Battle for Noville

A scratch force of an American armored division held a German panzer division at bay north of Bastogne during World War II.

10 December 2019

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Rescue Plane Down

When the C-47 Skytrain Lana Turner, filled with wounded, went down in the Coral Sea off Guadalcanal a desperate search ensued.

3 December 2019

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