European Theater Archives - Page 8 of 24

Combat Soldier and Later, POW

Corporal Ray Allen Miller remembered his experiences during World War II and wrote an earnest firsthand account of combat and survival.

14 January 2019

Carl Gnam

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Cracking the Geilenkirchen Salient

American and British forces coordinated an effort to eliminate a German threat to the U.S. Ninth Army.

13 January 2019

Carl Gnam

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Dark Days of Spring

Not even the timely intervention of the British Expeditionary Force could prevent France and Belgium from falling to the 1940 German Blitzkrieg.

13 January 2019

Carl Gnam

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Rangers Led the way at Zerf

A little-known battle at an important roadblock in Germany was the perfect assignment for the 5th Ranger Battalion.

13 January 2019

Carl Gnam

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D-Day Drama at the Klondike Aid Station

101st Airborne Chaplin Francis L. Sampson risked his life to save others in Normandy on D-Day and was recommended for the Medal of Honor.

12 January 2019

Carl Gnam

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Freeing Mont Saint Michel

A single American soldier liberated one of France’s greatest landmarks.

12 January 2019

Carl Gnam

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Liberating the Camps

Leon Tulper, a Jewish American soldier in the 65th Infantry, recalls combat during the final days of the war in Europe and the liberation of concentration camps.

12 January 2019

Carl Gnam

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Baptism of Fire: The SS in Poland

Hitler’s elite bodyguard and other SS units were transformed during the Polish campaign into real fighting men and became responsible for atrocities.

11 January 2019

Carl Gnam

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Brittany: Too High a Price?

As Allied troops dashed east after breaking out from the Normandy beachhead, the VIII U.S. Corps was bogged down in an attempt to take the ports.

11 January 2019

Carl Gnam

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Bombs, Booze, and Broads

Albert W. Boam, a former B-24 navigator, recalls his training, bombing the Reich, getting shot down, and surviving months in a German POW camp.

11 January 2019

Carl Gnam

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From Omaha Beach to Victory

Although injured three times, Private First Class Ralph Puhalovich served in the Big Red One from Normandy to Czechoslovakia.

11 January 2019

Carl Gnam

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Combat and Fear: A Replacement’s Story

A “newby” machine gunner in the 104th Infantry, Robert Creamer experienced both the horror and the elation of combat in the European theater during World War II.

11 January 2019

Carl Gnam

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A Screaming Eagle in Bastogne

A machine-gunner in the 501st Parachute Infantry Regiment recalls how he and his buddies helped stop the desperate German attack on Bastogne during the Battle of the Bulge.

11 January 2019

Carl Gnam

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The Heroes of Hill 192

The winner of a large battle for a small hill in Normandy, fought between the 2nd U.S. Infantry Division and German paratroopers.

10 January 2019

Carl Gnam

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How Capitalism Won WWII: This Is Capitalism and Expert Rob Citino Explain

We interviewed Expert Dr. Rob Citino from the WWII Museum in New Orleans on the museum’s collaborative video project with This Is Capitalism.

10 January 2019

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