Soon after the outbreak of World War I – he was then in his 50th year – he enlisted as a volunteer. Leaving behind his Jewish wife, Hannah, and their only daughter, Bertha, he became the military head ...
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Surrounded at Hill 314: The five days that stopped Hitler’s Normandy counterattack
In August 1944, nearly 700 American infantrymen found themselves encircled on a rocky hill near Mortain. Cut off and under constant attack by Waffen SS units, the defenders of Hill 314 endured five ...
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The lost battalion of Hill 314: Five days that stopped Hitler’s last Normandy push
In August 1944, nearly 700 American soldiers were cut off and surrounded on Hill 314 near Mortain. Outnumbered and running out of food and ammunition, the men of the 2nd Battalion, 120th Infantry ...
They wore the red coat, but they spoke German. They were the only troops the Duke of Wellington trusted as[...] ...
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