General Jacques Leclerc’s French 2nd Armored Division, which had received reluctant approval from the Allied high command to advance on Paris, had got bogged down but reached the city ahead of ...

PARIS — Paris on Sunday celebrated the 80th anniversary of its liberation from German troops in World War II with tributes, military marches and the hoisting of a flag at the Eiffel Tower.

That tells you about the French legacy of this division.” said Fagué. We will stay here, the motto, and legacy that Fort Stewart's 3rd id earned from the 2nd Battle of the Marne, when they ...

After the fall of France in 1940, a Nazi-allied Vichy puppet regime governed the French possessions in North Africa. The Americans, including the 1st Armored Division, landed at three points in ...

A Parisian woman kisses a spahi soldier of the French 2nd Armored Division (2e Division Blindée, 2ème DB), on August 25, 1944 rue d'Anjou in Paris, during the Liberation of Paris during the ...

“I must admit, I cried during the trip,” he said. Sometimes, life in the 2nd Armored Division was everything its gung-ho nickname “Hell on Wheels” suggested. But other times, Burns ...