Defending the Beachhead at Brolo
•August 8, 2018 • Be the First to Comment
An American amphibious operation during the Sicily campaign ran into trouble from the start. More »
•August 8, 2018 • Be the First to Comment
An American amphibious operation during the Sicily campaign ran into trouble from the start. More »
•August 6, 2018 • Be the First to Comment
Audacious panzer ace Michael Wittmann and a force of heavy Tiger tanks destroyed a British armored column at this once peaceful Norman village. More »
•July 24, 2018 • Be the First to Comment
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 »
•July 13, 2018 • Read Comments (2)
Acclaimed General Lloyd Fredendall lost his command after the debacle at the Battle of the Kasserine Pass. More »
•June 11, 2018 • Read Comments (7)
Relatively few U.S. generals lost their lives in World War II. More »
•June 6, 2018 • Be the First to Comment
The Mulberry artificial harbors proved a logistical wonder along the beaches of Normandy. More »
•February 15, 2018 • Be the First to Comment
General Alvan C. Gillem led the hard-charging XIII Corps across the Rhine into the heart of Nazi Germany. More »
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In the autumn of 1944, Third Army’s eastward dash ran into well-entrenched Germans and miserable weather at Europe’s strongest fortress. More »
•January 30, 2018 • Be the First to Comment
The 43rd tank battalion mysteriously disappeared during a bitter winter fight for a French village. More »
•November 27, 2017 • Be the First to Comment
In Mid-August 1944, Paris was in tumult. The French 2nd Armored Division rolled into the City of Light on August 25 and ended four years of harsh Nazi occupation. A great parade was set for the following day to celebrate France’s deliverance. Foremost among its participants was to be General More »
