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A 101st Airborne Paratrooper’s Combat Journey
By Richard A. BerantyIn one of the most recognized photographs taken by U.S. Army cameramen during World War II, General Dwight D. Read more
Battle of the Bulge
The Battle of the Bulge is the popular name given to the German Ardennes Offensive, Hitler’s last desperate gamble to achieve victory in the West during World War II. The month-long Battle of the Bulge, fought December 16, 1944, through January 16, 1945, ended in Allied victory. However, the German assault made good initial progress toward its objectives of the Meuse River crossings and the seizure of the Belgian port of Antwerp, which would have driven a wedge between Allied armies on the Western Front. The German defeat in the Battle of the Bulge hastened the end of World War II.
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Tale of the Biscuit Bomber: The C-47 in WWII
By Sam McGowanEven though, technically at least, it was not a combat airplane, the performance of the Douglas C-47 transport led General of the Army Dwight Eisenhower to label it as one of the most important weapons of World War II. Read more
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King Company at Bloody Lindern
By Frank ChadwickIn November 1944, an American infantry division underwent its baptism of fire in the worst conditions imaginable and acquitted itself with honor beyond anyone’s expectation. Read more
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An Army Combat Engineer’s Story of the D-Day Invasion
By Rob MorrisNineteen-year-old army combat engineer Jay Rencher blinked the salt spray from his eyes, filled his lungs, and again plunged beneath the cold, roiling waves. Read more
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Armored Blitz to Avranches
By Kevin M. HymelLieutenant General Omar Bradley had reason to be pleased by the last week of July 1944. His First Army had scratched out a substantial foothold on the Normandy coast, capturing three times more French territory than his British allies. Read more
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Fire: A Photo Essay for the World War II GI
By Kevin M. HymelNext to sleep, warmth was the most sought after commodity of the frontline soldiers who froze in their foxholes, stomping their feet or puffing on cigarettes to keep warm. Read more
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John Parks: The Face of Battle
By Bill WarnockDuring the closing days of 1944, editors at the London edition of Stars and Stripes decided to select a frontline GI as “Our Man of the Year.” Read more
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Glider Infantrymen at Marvie
By Leo G. BarronMarvie is a quiet town nestled in the Ardennes region of southern Belgium. A farming village with a population of several hundred people, history has almost forgotten the town, but on one day in December 1944, Marvie lay astride a road that led to another town—Bastogne. Read more
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The Battle of the Bulge: 75+ Years On
During the Battle of the Bulge, Adolf Hitler launched his last great counteroffensive along the Western Front. From full armored divisions running on gasoline fumes to “American schools” teaching spies how to pose as Allied soldiers, Hitler used everything in his arsenal to try to turn the tide of the war. Read more
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The Battle of the Bulge: An Allied Logistic Victory
by Michael D. HullWhen Adolf Hitler’s last major World War II offensive burst through the chill Ardennes Forest early on December 16, 1944, it scattered American frontline units and caused many anxious hours in the Allied high command. Read more
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The Army Air Corps at the Battle of the Bulge
by Michael D. HullAt daybreak on December 16, 1944, three senior officers in the Army Air Corps and a Royal Air Force air vice marshal arrived at an elegant chateau near the town of Spa in southeastern Belgium that was the headquarters of Lt. Read more
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The Battle of the Bulge: Avenging St. Vith
by Kevin M. HymelThe 7th Armored Division fought a running battle out of St. Vith on December 23, 1944. After the destruction of the 106th Infantry Division in the first days of the Battle of the Bulge, the 7th tried to hold, but could not withstand the pressure of six German divisions bearing down on it. Read more
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Germany in World War II: The Long Surrender
By Charles WhitingIt was said on May 8, 1945, that some of the victors wandered around in a daze. They were puzzled by a strange silence. Read more
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Game Features: Shenandoah Studios’ Battle of the Bulge
By Joseph LusterIt’s one thing to create games based solely on World War II, but how often do you see a developer focus so closely on a single battle? Read more
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Joachim Peiper’s Escape from the Battle Of the Bulge
By Major General Michael ReynoldsBy December 24, 1944, the commander of the Sixth Panzer Army’s strongest battlegroup, SS Obersturmbannführer (Lieutenant Colonel) Jochen Peiper, was facing the ultimate military nightmare. Read more
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Patton and Montgomery: Fighting the Nazi Army (And One Another)
By Michael HasewThe most contentious of command rivalries during World War II involved General George S. Patton, Jr., of the U.S. Read more
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Ernest Hemingway’s War
By Roy Morris, Jr.When the United States entered World War II in December 1941, the nation’s most famous writer, a man who had built his reputation on gritty and intense novels about wars, soldiers, and “grace under pressure,” was nowhere to be seen—at least not on the home front. Read more
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A Hard Mutt’s Life: “Military Dogs” in World War II
By Kevin HymelAmerican men left behind a great deal when they left home to fight a world war. They lost their identities, their families, and almost all their worldly goods, but they improvised. Read more
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Letters Home from the Battle of the Bulge
By Flint WhitlockOn Christmas day 1944, during the Battle of the Bulge, Sergeant David Warman, a member of Company E, 18th Infantry Regiment, 1st Infantry Division, wrote a letter home. Read more
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Cherbourg & the Cotentin Peninsula: A Veteran Remembers
by Roy Morris Jr.Like many true combat veterans, my father didn’t talk much about the war—in his case, World War II. Read more
