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How one GI's sacrifice helped pave the Army's way to Aachen, Germany
German town of Bardenberg, where the outcome of a singular soldier's sacrifice hung in the balance, depending on his comrades ...
Three Qs: His trip to Normandy made his WWII knowledge come alive
Before Daniel Scharfenberg had even left New Orleans for his trip to France, a monsoon hit the city out of nowhere, flooding the area he was visiting, soaking everyone and everything. He joked ...
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Battle of the Bulge
In late 1944, during the wake of the Allied forces' successful D-Day invasion of Normandy ... and of English-speaking German soldiers, disguised as Americans, capturing critical bridges, cutting ...
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German Chancellor states revitalization of Normandy format
TASS/. German Chancellor Olaf Scholz said the parties to the Normandy group (Germany, Russia, Ukraine and France) have managed to revitalize this format. He said it in an interview with the ZDF TV ...
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Remains of Jewish-American soldier missing for 70 years recovered from mass grave where he was buried with Nazis
On Memorial Day 2023, on an unrelated trip to the Normandy and Brittany to install ... to lead the service for the 52 German soldiers. “I had a moment of panic,” Lamm confessed.
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On June 6, 1944, while Rommel was in Germany celebrating his wife's birthday, the Allies landed at Normandy ... Shortly thereafter, two German soldiers visited Rommel's sickbed.