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Why German tanks failed without a final battle in World War II
In December 1944, during the final months of World War II, Germany launched its last major offensive on the Western Front: ...
Under artillery fire in frozen Belgium, combat medics established battlefield medicine standards still used today.
Interesting Engineering on MSN
A WWII Christmas: How US forces battled 200,000 German troops, 1,000 tanks in 1944
This attack was Adolf Hitler’s last attempt to turn World War II in his favor following the Allied D-Day invasion in June ...
The National Interest on MSN
Christmas Eve, 1944: The Tank Duel That Broke Nazi Germany for Good
In order to march on Antwerp, the German Wehrmacht needed to first capture Freyneux—and the US Army stopped it in its tracks.
National Interest on MSN
In 1944, Three Americans and Four Germans Spent Christmas Together in Hell
A German mother sheltered three lost American soldiers during the Battle of the Bulge—and did the same for German soldiers hours later.
The experience at battle solidified Howard Buford’s approach to life. ‘I don’t carry grudges around. I don’t carry anger around.” ...
Eighty years ago today, German artillery opened fire on an inexperienced American division that had been at the front for ...
Christmas diplomacy endures because it stands at the crossroads of culture, power and politics. The season brings with it a ...
World leaders like to talk up peace at Christmastime. But alongside the tales of seasonal breaks in fighting are incidents of ...
The Telegraph on MSN
Santa swaps sleigh for a stretcher to give blood in 1975 Alton-area drive
Santa swaps sleigh for a stretcher to give blood in 1975 Alton-area drive ...
Betty Reid Soskin, a longtime Bay Area activist and songwriter, founder of one of California’s oldest record shops, and once ...
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