By Mark Simmons
“At Tarnopol we endured heavy Russian fire but in Normandy we were hit again and again, day after day by British artillery that was so heavy the Frundsberg [10th SS Panzer Division “Frundsberg,” named after 16th-century German knight and general Georg Von Frundsberg] bled to death before our   More »

General Hobart’s Funnies were specially designed armored vehicles that contributed to the Allied victory in Europe.   More »

Hobart’s Funnies were modified Churchill and Sherman tanks with odd-looking features used to support the Normandy landings on June 6, 1944.   More »

A key piece of Dutch real estate needed to be taken if the port of Antwerp were to become useful to the Allies.   More »

After Normandy, the U.S. 507th Parachute Infantry Regiment spearheaded Operation Varsity, the March 1945 airborne jump across the Rhine into Germany.   More »

The Tank Museum at Covington, England, holds the world’s finest collection of armored vehicles from 26 countries.   More »

Sergeant Mort Shuffle took a sniper’s bullet in the chest outside the French fortress city of Brest during the Brittany Campaign.   More »

American pilots serving in the Royal Air Force flew missions in support of the abortive 1942 raid on the French coastal town.   More »

The Allies learned bitter lessons during the August 1942 Dieppe Raid, which helped with the success of Operation Overlord two years later.   More »

Bitter fighting in the Reichswald delayed Allied entry into the Ruhr, the industrial heart of Germany.   More »