With weapons at the ready, the American squad advanced cautiously on both sides of the tree-lined boulevard toward the German strongpoint in Aachen. Buildings pummeled by Allied shells had toppled to the ground, sending concrete and bricks spilling into the street. Hardly a structure remained intact as a result of   More »

General Alvan C. Gillem led the hard-charging XIII Corps across the Rhine into the heart of Nazi Germany.   More »

In the autumn of 1944, Third Army’s eastward dash ran into well-entrenched Germans and miserable weather at Europe’s strongest fortress.   More »

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 »

The Canadian First Army fought its most bitter battle of the war against a determined foe to capture the vital Scheldt Estuary.   More »

Alfonse Juin is considered by many to be France’s best World War II field commander.   More »

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 »

American and British forces coordinated an effort to eliminate a German threat to the U.S. Ninth Army.   More »

General James M. Gavin and the 82nd Airborne Division became legendary during World War II.   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 »