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Stalling Hitler’s Panzers at Mortain

Americans from the 30th Infantry Division took a heavy toll on German panzers at a French crossroads near Mortain during World War II.

31 December 2019

Carl Gnam

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The Liberation of Nordhausen Concentration Camp

On March 30, 1945, the U.S. 3rd Armored Division made a startling discovery at the Nordhausen Concentration Camp the same day its commander was killed near Paderborn, Germany.

31 December 2019

Carl Gnam

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World War II Soldier’s First Combat: “You Learn Fast”

A replacement with the 94th Infantry Division recalls his first time in combat and the final months of World War II in Europe.

27 December 2019

Carl Gnam

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Armored Clash in Alsace-Lorraine

During the Battle of the Bulge in January 1945, U.S. and German armored forces squared off in Alsace-Lorraine for a costly battle near the village of Herrlisheim.

20 December 2019

Carl Gnam

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C-47 Crew Chief’s Four Flights into Hell

A C-47 crew chief tells about flying in the war’s four biggest aerial operations: Overlord, Market Garden, Varsity, and the relief of Bastogne during World War II.

13 December 2019

Carl Gnam

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Insight: Bombing the Abbey

The Allied bombing of the abbey at Monte Cassino remains one of the most controversial events of the Italian campaign during World War II.

26 November 2019

Carl Gnam

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Top Secret: Undercover Hero

Fighting for the Allies in World War II, OSS operative Peter Ortiz survived many harrowing encounters with the enemy.

22 November 2019

Carl Gnam

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The Red Ass Squadron Goes to War

A young fighter pilot survived and became a combat veteran as a member of the 356th Fighter Squadron during World War II.

22 November 2019

Carl Gnam

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Paratroopers of the 82nd Airborne Division supported by British tankers and Guardsmen fought their way into the Dutch town of Nijmegen prior to a daring river assault against entrenched German defenders.

15 November 2019

Carl Gnam

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Cauldron of Destruction

The Allies fought feverishly in August 1944 to close the eastern end of the Falaise Pocket in order to ensnare the retreating Germans.

2 April 2019

Carl Gnam

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Army Nurses Corps: Angels In Olive Drab

The U.S. Army Nurse Corps risked (and sometimes gave) their lives to care for the sick and wounded at home and close to the battlefield.

29 March 2019

Carl Gnam

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Ordeal at Monte Cassino

The Allied stalemate along Italy’s Gustav Line, anchored at Monte Cassino, was one of the toughest, most frustrating battles of the entire war.

15 March 2019

Carl Gnam

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The Wereth 11 Massacre During the Battle of the Bulge

Members of an African American artillery battalion went from being hated to revered to tortured and killed by the SS at Wereth during the Battle of the Bulge. The crime remains unsolved.

7 March 2019

Carl Gnam

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Deadly Duel Above Berlin

During the last great air raid over Berlin in March 1945, it was Me-262 jet fighters vs. B-17s. Survivors tell the story of the loss of Skyway Chariot.

1 March 2019

Carl Gnam

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Bloodletting in the Hürtgen Forest

During repeated attempts to break through German defenses in an impenetrable German forest in November 1944, American forces suffered horrendous casualties but still prevailed.

18 February 2019

Carl Gnam

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