World War II Timeline -- pt. I. Americans Abroad -- 1. Fairness, Savagery, Delight, Trauma, and Vice -- 2. Combat Remembered -- 3. Why We Fight -- pt. II. Americans at Home -- 4. Gearing Up for War -- ...
On December 16, 1944, eighteen American soldiers stood alone against 500 German paratroopers during the opening hours of the Battle of the Bulge in World War II. Led by 20-year-old Lieutenant Lyle Bou ...
In September 1944 during World War II, American Sherman tanks faced Germany’s feared Panther in the fog of eastern France. Armed with a handful of new tungsten-core HVAP rounds, U.S. crews discovered ...