Escaping the festering hostilities in Germany against Jews in the 1930s, Rudy Pins kissed his father goodbye and boarded a train. Then 12 years old, Pins -- bound for a new life in the United States - ...
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Hitler's elite special forces: The Brandenburgers (WW2)
The Brandenburgers were members of the special forces unit serving Nazi Germany during the Second World War. During the ...
As the USS Borie prepared to ram a German U-boat in the early morning hours of Nov. 1, 1943, the sailors on the Navy destroyer braced for impact. Turbulent waters in the north Atlantic Ocean negated ...
Every country that participated in the World War II air war had more than a few types of airplanes, but their design schemes could be distinguished throughout the conflict. The Americans liked to ...
On March 18, 1945, Army 1st Lt. Jack Lemaster Treadwell saw eight of his soldiers gunned down while assaulting a heavily fortified, seemingly impregnable section of the Siegfried Line near ...
A small, wooden keepsake box adorned with carvings and the inscription, “Gefangenschaft Amerika 1944,” was donated in late January to the Fort McCoy Public Affairs Office for inclusion in the Fort ...
Work on a nature restoration project in Belgium unearthed multiple bunkers, trenches and other structures built there by the German army during World War II, officials announced this week. The ...
TYLER, Texas (KLTV) - As the unprecedented D-Day invasion in France got underway in June 1944, German prisoners of war were arriving in Texas by the thousands. According to the Texas Historical ...
Before he would lead the U.S. 3rd Army across western Europe, Gen. George Patton spent the first half of 1944 in charge of a somewhat different command. It was the First U.S. Army Group, or FUSAG. Now ...
The post-war narrative of the German U-boat efforts follows several stages: the first “Happy Time,” followed by the second “Happy Time,” and then utter destruction by the Allies. In reality, the ...
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Lost WWII equipment recovered on former German Army land
A search across land once used by German forces leads to the recovery of scattered WWII artifacts, including helmets, field ...
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