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Thomas D. Howie: The Major of St. Lô
By Stan FedermanIn the late afternoon of July 18, 1944, in what was left of the main square of battle-scarred St. Read more
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World War II Odyssey Across Europe
By Roy AltenbachRoy Altenbach, a soldier from a German-speaking family in Sheboygan, Wisconsin, was assigned to the 47th Medium Maintenance Company, 22nd Ordnance Battalion. Read more
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The Heroes of Hill 192
By William G. DennisToday, on Hill 192, located between the Normandy cities of St. Lô and Bayeux, sleek horses graze the fields, and people in hacking gear travel the roads and bridle paths. Read more
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The Lions of Carentan Part III: Operation Cobra
By Volker GriesserBackground: In this, the third and final installment of a three-part series excerpted from The Lions of Carentan, the 2011 book by a respected German military historian, Fallschirmjäger Regiment 6 (FJR 6) has been pushed out of Ste.-Mère-église, Read more
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“Flak Was Our Worst Enemy”: Wilbur Bowers’ Air War Over Europe
By Richard A. BerantyFor 33 months beginning in 1942, the U.S. Eighth Air Force and its precision daylight bombing strikes against German targets in Europe tried to pound the Third Reich into submission. Read more
