Soldiers sail across the Rhine to mark 80th anniversary of the invasion of Germany
The March 1945 crossings, by Patton and Montgomery's forces, gave the Allies beachheads with which to invade Germany.
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80 years ago, Patton’s Army rolled into what is now the largest US military community overseas
George Patton’s Third Army faced little resistance as it advanced through southwest Germany into a small industrial city ...
In Germany, ‘Orphaned’ by U.S., Shock Gives Way to Action
No country in Europe is as much a product of enlightened postwar American diplomacy. Now adrift, it has begun to reckon with ...
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Jackie Robinson Again Teaches Us to Never Back Down to Bigots
An article on Robinson’s military career was restored to the Defense Department’s website. It’s a reminder that we can beat ...
This WWII soldier knocked out 6 German pillboxes and took 18 prisoners by himself
Army 1st Lt. Jack Treadwell single-handedly took out six German pillboxes and captured 18 enemy soldiers during World War II.
BMW's SC factory outpaces the German carmaker's other plants
BMW's Plant Spartanburg in Greer cranked out 396,117 cars in 2024, for an average of about 1,085 a day, ranging from the ...
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La Crosse woman awarded Gold Star Pin for father's WWII service
Mildred 'Billie' March receives a Gold Star Pin for her father's WWII service. Her father, Joseph Schuster, was a U.S. Army ...
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Why Nazis spent World War II in a luxury West Virginia resort
Nazis staying at Greenbrier during WWII were treated like aristocratic guests. They even threw a birthday party for Hitler ...
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Why Were Germany’s Blitzkrieg Tactics So Effective in WWII?
French historian Marc Bloch witnessed the swift invasion of France by the Wehrmacht. He noted the Germans’ “embarrassing ...
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The traces of World War II in Noville, a village fiercely defended by US soldiers
That region of Belgium and Luxembourg became the scene of heavy fighting that left tens of thousands dead. Within the Battle of the Bulge, the Belgian town of Bastogne was the center of an ...
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Trump's deranged purge of American history is the story of white supremacy | Opinion
The iconic photograph from 1945 by Joe Rosenthal of the Associated Press of U.S. Marines of the 28th Regiment, 5th Division, ...
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Pentagon’s DEI Website Purge Draws Backlash for Purging Websites on Iwo Jima Flag-Raiser, Navajo Code Talkers, Black Medal of Honor Recipient
The Pentagon is facing backlash as multiple Department of Defense websites featuring military veterans who are women, ...