General Alvan Gillem’s Invasion of Germany
•February 15, 2018 • Be the First to Comment
General Alvan C. Gillem led the hard-charging XIII Corps across the Rhine into the heart of Nazi Germany. More »
•February 15, 2018 • Be the First to Comment
General Alvan C. Gillem led the hard-charging XIII Corps across the Rhine into the heart of Nazi Germany. More »
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In the autumn of 1944, Third Army’s eastward dash ran into well-entrenched Germans and miserable weather at Europe’s strongest fortress. More »
•November 12, 2017 • Be the First to Comment
In April 1945, as the Allies crushed Nazi Germany from all sides, the Reich that Hitler boasted would last for a thousand years was about to expire. More »
•November 8, 2017 • Be the First to Comment
The Canadian First Army fought its most bitter battle of the war against a determined foe to capture the vital Scheldt Estuary. More »
•November 7, 2017 • Be the First to Comment
Alfonse Juin is considered by many to be France’s best World War II field commander. More »
•November 1, 2017 • Be the First to Comment
Emperor Charlemagne’s Holy Roman Empire with its capital at Aachen, lasted 1,000 years. Hitler Insisted on a fanatical defense of the legacy city. More »
•October 25, 2017 • Be the First to Comment
American and British forces coordinated an effort to eliminate a German threat to the U.S. Ninth Army. More »
•May 12, 2017 • Be the First to Comment
General James M. Gavin and the 82nd Airborne Division became legendary during World War II. More »
•May 3, 2017 • Be the First to Comment
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 »
•May 1, 2017 • Be the First to Comment
Operation Strangle seemed like a promising way to cut off enemy troops and supplies in Italy. The only problem was the air campaign did not work. More »
