European Theater Archives

Herrlisheim: What Became of the 12th Armored Division’s Lost Battalion

The 43rd Tank Battalion mysteriously disappeared during a bitter winter fight for a French village.

20 January 2019

Carl Gnam

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Why America Participated in the Allied Bombing of France in WWII

The frequent bombing of the beautiful medieval city of Rouen, France during World War II caused widespread death and destruction and resentment toward the Allies.

20 January 2019

Carl Gnam

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How To Make a Fake Tank

Inflatable tanks were a quick and easy way to fool the enemy during World War II.

20 January 2019

Carl Gnam

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A Good Samaritan

Photographer George Silk captured a familiar image of World War II in the Pacific.

20 January 2019

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Before the Battle of the Bulge: Forming the 551st “GOYAs”

Originally commissioned to take on Martinique, the men of the 551st Parachute Infantry Battalion were instead shipped to Europe and to the Battle of the Bulge.

19 January 2019

Carl Gnam

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The Trampled Swastika

In April 1945, as the Allies crushed Nazi Germany from all sides, the Reich that Hitler boasted would last for a thousand years was about to expire.

17 January 2019

Carl Gnam

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Smashing Hitler’s Atlantic Wall

Nazi Germany spent many years (and a fortune) creating an invasion-proof barrier, only to have it breached in the span of a morning.

17 January 2019

Carl Gnam

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Waves of Murderous Assault: The Battle of Britain

The Battle of Britain in mid-1940 resulted in a British victory and a key setback for the Nazi war machine.

16 January 2019

Carl Gnam

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“A Bloody Miracle” at Dunkirk

The evacuation of the BEF by civilian and military vessels during the fall of France in 1940 ensured the British Army would fight another day.

16 January 2019

Carl Gnam

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The Hardest Fight

The Canadian First Army fought its most bitter battle of the war against a determined foe to capture the vital Scheldt Estuary.

15 January 2019

Carl Gnam

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The Americans had fought over the town of Cisterna di Littoria in central Italy and been defeated. It had cost them two battalions of the Darby’s 6615th Ranger Force and many others. It was still defended tenaciously by the German Army. It was the key to capturing Rome.

15 January 2019

Carl Gnam

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Belgrade Blitz

German forces overran Yugoslavia rapidly in the Spring of 1941.

14 January 2019

Carl Gnam

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The Battle for Aachen

Charlemagne’s Holy Roman Empire with its capital at Aachen, lasted 1,000 years. Hitler Insisted on a fanatical defense of the city that lasted 5 days.

14 January 2019

Carl Gnam

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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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