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  • American paratroopers of the 503rd Parachute Infantry Regiment descend from their Douglas C-47 transport aircraft toward the airstrip at Nadzab, New Guinea, on September 11, 1943. Another battalion is coming down in the distance behind the protective cover of a smokescreen.

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    Baptism for Pacific Paratroopers
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  • In his stark painting titled The Point, artist Larry Selman captures the drama as Rangers of the 2nd Battalion reach the summit of Pointe du Hoc on D-Day.

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    The Pointe du Hoc Rangers: a Madman’s D-Day Mission
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  • Oradour today looking southeast along the Main Street, Rue Desourteaux. On a hot summer afternoon, 200 SS soldiers drove up unannounced from the St Julien road (bottom right) sealed off the town and rounded up its inhabitants into a central recreational area. The townspeople were then bombed, shot or burned to death. The Germans then set the town ablaze, with the exception of the house of a cloth and wine merchant, which was looted and occupied until around 10 p.m.

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    The Execution of Oradour-sur-Glane
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  • Polish troops engage in field exercises in April 1939, just five months before the Nazi invasion of their country and the outbreak of World War II. Some Poles initially thought the Soviet Army was there to help them.

    European Theater

    Invasion from the East
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