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Lt. Jimmie Montieth, 1st Infantry Division, D-Day
Artwork: Keith RoccoLieutenant Jimmie Monteith, Company L, 16th Infantry Regiment, arrived off Omaha Beach with the first assault wave, on D-Day, June 6, 1944. Read more
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Code named Operation Overlord, the D-Day Invasion occurred on June 6, 1944, as elements of five Allied infantry and three Allied airborne divisions assaulted the Normandy coast of Nazi-occupied France during World War II. Under the overall command of General Dwight D. Eisenhower, the landings on Gold, Juno, Sword, Utah, and Omaha beaches succeeded in establishing a foothold on the continent. Following an arduous campaign in Normandy and savage fighting across the German frontier, troops of the Western Allies met the Soviet Red Army, advancing from the East, and Nazi Germany surrendered on May 7, 1945.
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The Story of Bill Millin, Lord Lovat’s Mad Piper of Sword Beach
By Michael D. HullIt was the evening of Monday, June 5, 1944, and an armada of almost 5,000 ships stood off the southern coast of England, primed and ready for the greatest amphibious invasion in history. Read more
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The Venerable General Matthew B. Ridgway
by R. Manning AncellSiren wailing, the jeep propelling Lt. Gen. Walton H. Walker headed north from Walker’s tactical command post in Seoul. Read more
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Ian Fleming: Biography of the Man Behind James Bond
By Peter KrosIan Fleming’s biography would certainly include creating the famous British spy James Bond, but the author also led a secret life of his own. Read more
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Operation Overlord’s Colonel Alexis von Roenne
By David Alan JohnsonDuring the early part of 1944, an event took place that would change the outcome of World War II. Read more
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Famous Military Commanders: Admiral Philip Vian
By the time the British Pacific Fleet began staging air strikes against the Japanese in the spring of 1945, its aircraft carrier commander had already seen plenty of naval action since the beginning of World War II. Read more
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Military Secrets: The Nazi Spies Who Never Were
By Hervie HauflerAs the 1930s unfolded, Adolf Hitler sought to avoid having Great Britain join the war he intended to launch. Read more
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Thomas D. Howie: The Major of St. Lô
By Stan FedermanIn the late afternoon of July 18, 1944, in what was left of the main square of battle-scarred St. Read more
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WWII Fighter Aces: Ralph K. ‘Kid’ Hofer
by Paul B. CoraHe could be described as reckless, impulsive, undisciplined, lucky, fearless, and also as one of the most successful fighter pilots in the history of the U.S. Read more
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Walter Cronkite: The War As He Saw It
by Eric NiderostWalter Cronkite is the acknowledged dean of American journalists, an icon whose distinguished career spanned 60 years. Cronkite is best known as the anchorman and managing editor of The CBS Evening News, a position he occupied from 1962 to 1981. Read more
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Omaha Beach H-Hour D-Day June 6, 1944
By Joseph BalkoskiEditor’s Note: The following is excerpted from Omaha Beach: D-Day June 6, 1944 by Joseph Balkoski (Stackpole Books, 2004; www.stackpolebooks.com). Read more
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The Mystery of Slapton Sands: Operation Tiger
By Charles WhitingIn the early 1970s, a former British Royal Air Force policeman–turned-hairdresser, Ken Small, visited South Devon on England’s Channel coast. Read more
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A List of American Commanders in WWII Who Lost Their Lives
By Thomas R. CagleyGeneral George S. Patton, Jr., once said, “An army is like a piece of cooked spaghetti. You can’t push it, you have to pull it after you.” Read more
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General James Gavin’s Airborne Tour of Duty With the 82nd
By Michael HullShortly after midnight on Monday, June 5, 1944, the dark skies over the coast of northern France were filled with thunder. Read more
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Operation Cartwheel: Seizing the Solomons and Beyond
by Douglas SterlingOn the island of New Britain, at the north end of the Solomon chain, lay a major base that provided Japanese forces with the naval power, supplies, and reinforcements to control the sea lanes of the Southwest Pacific. Read more
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The Striking Cobra: Phase Two of the D-Day Invasion
By David Alan Johnson“We’ve been slogging our way through hedgerow country, half an acre a day, and we’ve got to find a way to break out.” Read more
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D-Day 1943: Could the Allied Invasion of Western Europe Have Happened One Year Earlier?
By Lt. Col. John Fenzel IIIOn June 6, 1944, the Allies unleashed on land, air, and sea the largest invasion force in world history in an enormous effort to liberate Europe from Nazi tyranny. Read more
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Walter Koehler & J. Edgar Hoover
By David Alan JohnsonThroughout his lifetime, FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover always boasted that no enemy agent, either spy or saboteur, ever operated at large in the United States during World War II. Read more
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The British Prosper Spy Network: Destroyed to Protect D-Day?
By Peter KrossOn June 6, 1944, hundreds of thousands of Allied troops, planes, and ships departed from their bases in England bound for the shores of France in what was to be the greatest invasion of all time. Read more
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The Corporal M2 Missile
By Peter A. GoetzSix days after the Allies’ D-Day landings on the coast of Normandy in June 1944, Germany retaliated by launching its first Vergeltungswaffe, or Vengeance Weapon, at the city of London. Read more
