During the bloody battle for Hurtgen Forest in late 1944, a 23-year-old German lieutenant heard a wounded American soldier crying for help in a minefield. Lt. Friedrich Lengfeld ordered his men not to ...
The U.S. Army Rangers of World War II were brand new in the summer of 1942. Though the “Ranger” name had roots in America’s colonial wars, the modern battalions were created in Britain at the urging ...
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The World War II bombing error that secretly crippled German forces
What looked like a catastrophic Allied blunder became an unexpected intelligence revelation. Two days after the bombing, Allied commanders learned the truth through intercepted German communications.
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German fighter pilot spared enemy bomber in WWII -- and it proves empathy critics dead wrong
Franz Stigler, a German fighter pilot, spared American bomber pilot Charles Brown during World War II, illustrating how ...
When you think about more recent military history, it’s unsurprising that World War II is the centerpiece of most ...
Much like WWII helped to build the Jeep empire we know today, the German military's answer to the Jeep helped shape the Volkswagen brand. Ferdinand Porsche began working on the development of Adolf ...
Remembering the Wereth 11: Longview soldier among those killed in little-known World War II massacre
It was Dec. 17, 1944, and the Battle of the Bulge – one of the bloodiest, coldest battles of World War II – raged on for the ...
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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