Key to the Normandy Breakout: The Hill Over St. Lo
•December 3, 2018 • Be the First to Comment
If the city of St. Lo was the lock that kept the First U.S. Army penned in its shallow Normandy beachhead, then Hill 192 was surely its key. More »
•December 3, 2018 • Be the First to Comment
If the city of St. Lo was the lock that kept the First U.S. Army penned in its shallow Normandy beachhead, then Hill 192 was surely its key. More »
•November 30, 2018 • Be the First to Comment
German airborne troops finally secured the island Crete following a pitched battle for Maleme airfield. More »
•November 27, 2018 • 1 Comment
The Glider Regiment took part in some of the most hazardous operations of World War II. More »
•November 24, 2018 • Be the First to Comment
German parachute troops found the resistance from Commonwealth soldiers particularly brutal, but prevailed at terrible cost in the fight for Crete. More »
•November 24, 2018 • Be the First to Comment
Fallschirmjagers, or those in the elite German paratrooper corps, were some of the finest fighting units of World War II. More »
•November 16, 2018 • Be the First to Comment
The odds were stacked against the success of German Fallschirmjäger paratroopers in Operation Stösser, launched during the Battle of the Bulge. More »
•November 11, 2018 • Be the First to Comment
Corporal Bill Bowser of the 502nd Parachute Infantry Regiment fought throughout the European campaign with the 101st Airborne Division. More »
•November 11, 2018 • Be the First to Comment
During World War II, a particularly costly naval disaster in the Drøbak Strait slowed the German conquest of Norway. More »
•November 11, 2018 • Be the First to Comment
The Junkers Ju-52 was versatile enough to meet the Luftwaffe’s ever-shifting transport missions. More »
•November 7, 2018 • Be the First to Comment
To enter Germany, the U.S. Army would first need to capture the city of Aachen in one of the toughest urban battles of World War II. More »
