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Warfare History Network » WWII
2h ago
By Paul Woodadge and Kevin Hymel
Around noon on June 6, 1944, a German soldier wielding a machine gun burst into a small church six miles from Utah Beach in Normandy, France, ignoring the Red Cross flag hanging from the door. Read more
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3d ago
By Kevin M. Hymel
If there was one thing frontline soldiers looked forward to after weeks of fighting in Europe’s mud and ice, it was a shower and a change of clothes. Read more
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3d ago
By Chuck Lyons
On an overcast February night in 1943, nine British-trained commandos worked their way down the icy slope of a ravine in southern Norway. Read more
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2w ago
By John J. Domagalski
As the ruins of the Navy’s Pacific Fleet were still burning at Pearl Harbor, Japanese planes appeared over the island of Guam some 4,000 miles to the west where, across the International Date Line, it was already December 8, 1941. Read more
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2w ago
By Mark Carlson
Some of the 64 battleships built by the U.S. Navy in the 20th century, such as the iconic Maine, Arizona, and Missouri, have earned a place in history while most have long since faded into obscurity for all but their crews. Read more
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3w ago
By Ian Mitchell
Early on the morning of January 31, 1943, Lt. Stanley Edwards, a troop commander in the British 72nd Anti-Tank (AT) Regiment, was roused with news that enemy tanks were moving through their isolated valley in northern Tunisia. Read more
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3w ago
By Philip Handleman
Antiaircraft tracers screamed past Jim Frolking’s P-51 Mustang as he flew over the coast of occupied Holland, heading back to England after escorting a bombing run. Read more
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3w ago
By Dr. Walter S. Zapotoczny Jr.
Not long after they landed at Normandy in July 1944, Pennsylvania’s 28th Infantry Division earned a begrudging nickname from their German foes in the hedgerows—the “Bloody Bucket Division,” after their blood-red “Keystone” shoulder patches and vicious fighting tactics. Read more
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3w ago
By Christopher Miskimon
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Fury and Ice: Greenland, The United States and Germany in World War II (Peter Harmsen, Casemate Publishing, Havertown PA, 2024, 224 pp., Read more
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Warfare History Network » WWII
1M ago
By Dave Kindy
Clary Edwards was rousted from bed at 5 a.m. by the sound of loud pounding. Wearing only shorts, he opened the front door of his home in New London, Connecticut, to find the unwelcome view of the Shore Patrol. Read more
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