While increasingly desperate German defenders attempted to escape, Allied forces grimly tightened the noose around their necks at Falaise Pocket.   More »

More so than other more visible factors, superior American logistics contributed to the reduction of the Battle of the Bulge.   More »

The rivalry between Bernard Montgomery and George S. Patton became heated during Operation Husky, the campaign to liberate Sicily.   More »

Did the Nazis really try to kill General Eisenhower during the Battle of the Bulge’s Operation Greif in December 1944?   More »

The German salient in the Ardennes was eliminated when two American armies reestablished contact near Houffalize during the Battle of the Bulge.   More »

Seven weeks after the D-Day invasion, the first US Army began a high-risk, high-reward bombing mission called Operation Cobra.   More »

Matthew B. Ridgway arrived at the nadir of the Korean War and saved the U.S./UN effort with his courageous actions.   More »

During the early days of the Korean War, Douglas MacArthur attempted a daring amphibious Inchon Invasion to retake Seoul.   More »

By Maureen Holtz
During World War II, American women flocked to be a part of the war effort. They served as factory workers, government agency clerks, WAVES or WAACS, and artists copying propaganda posters. Many young women found that the American Red Cross offered non-nurses a unique opportunity. Jill Pitts Knappenberger   More »

The ‘Big Red One’ and other allied forces fought German Panzer divisions at Mortain to stave off Operation Luttich in the summer of 1944.   More »