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When it comes to American military history, few units are as storied and famous as the Harlem Hellfighters. Officially the ...
Alsace is a picturesque region in eastern France, nestled between the Vosges Mountains and the Rhine River. The area has ...
News24 Motoring contributor Dieter Losskarn and his wife, Franziska, returned to their homelands in search of spring - and ...
He shone the spotlight on the often-ignored role of the 2.5 million members of the British Indian Army who had served during ...
Whispers dance with fate; A pile of dead to keep straight; Sent back dog tags on a Bible.” Those lyrics are from “Mose Vance,” a single by southern West Virginia musical group Matt Mullins and The ...
Squadron Quartermaster Sergeant John Alcock appeared doomed when nearly 40 enemy troops surrounded the French farmhouse he ...
During the First World War, Albert Séverin Roche captured 1,200 Germans, and was shot nine times – so why is his story all ...
They were Japanese American soldiers, part of a storied military unit that faced down prejudice and suspicion to fight Adolf Hitler’s armies in Europe.
(The Germans considered the Vosges Mountains, east of the Rhine, to be the natural border, while the French thought the river made a better border.) The region still represents a cultural ...
It was attached to the 36th Infantry Division for the drive into the Vosges Mountains. In four weeks of heavy combat in October-November 1944, the 442d RCT liberated Bruyeres and Biffontaine and ...