By Scott A. Bryan

Late in the evening on D-Day two German soldiers patrolled the outskirts of Colleville-sur-Mer, about one mile from Omaha Beach, and spotted Company C, 26th Infantry Regiment, 1st Division resting in a hedgerow field. Standing on opposite corners, the enemy unleashed machine-gun fire and killed seven Americans.   More »

With weapons at the ready, the American squad advanced cautiously on both sides of the tree-lined boulevard toward the German strongpoint in Aachen. Buildings pummeled by Allied shells had toppled to the ground, sending concrete and bricks spilling into the street. Hardly a structure remained intact as a result of   More »

Seven hundred GIs held the high ground against Germany’s attempt to cut off General George S. Paton’s Third Army.   More »

General Hobart’s Funnies were specially designed armored vehicles that contributed to the Allied victory in Europe.   More »

An American amphibious operation during the Sicily campaign ran into trouble from the start.   More »

Audacious panzer ace Michael Wittmann and a force of heavy Tiger tanks destroyed a British armored column at this once peaceful Norman village.   More »

The U.S. 83rd Infantry blazed a trail of courage from the hedgerows of France to the Hürtgen Forest and wars end at the Elbe.   More »

Acclaimed General Lloyd Fredendall lost his command after the debacle at the Battle of the Kasserine Pass.   More »

Relatively few U.S. generals lost their lives in World War II.   More »

The Mulberry artificial harbors proved a logistical wonder along the beaches of Normandy.   More »