Today, May 8, 1945 is known as ‘V-E Day,’ marking the surrender of Germany and the Axis powers in Europe.   More »

In April 1944, Exercise Tiger proved to be a grisly rehearsal for the D-Day Invasion less than two months later.   More »

The contrasting styles of Generals of the Army Dwight D. Eisenhower and Douglas MacArthur both proved to be war winners during global conflict.   More »

By Steve Ossad

Afew months after the Normandy campaign and with other fronts competing for the American public’s attention, Lt. Col. S.L.A. “Slam” Marshall, a hard-living Chicago newspaperman, World War I veteran, and deputy historian in the European Theater, hand carried the first of the War Departmemt campaign publications, Omaha Beachhead,to   More »

Operation Magic Carpet brought Allied fighting men and women home from the battlefields of Europe and Asia.   More »

In the early years of World War II, Allied leadership was in a desperate struggle to match Nazi Germany’s political and military command.
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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 »