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Major David Vivian Currie of the Canadian South Alberta Regiment led 200 men and a dozen M4 Sherman tanks into the town of St. Lambert-sur-Dives, in order to block the escape route of the German 7th ...
The Hummel had six crew – a commander, one driver, and four gunners. According to sources, between 705 and 714 self-propelled Hummels and 150 to 157 corresponding ammunition carriers were ...
In the chaos of the Battle of the Bulge, German command launched one of the most daring deception operations of the war. Disguised in U.S. uniforms, speaking perfect English, and driving American ...
Fury The World War II war drama follows a U.S. Army tank crew from the 2nd Armored Division during the final battles in the European theater.
However, during World War II, there was one army whose weapons and soldiers were fake, yet this special army forced the enemy to retreat. The secret of this army emerged five decades after the war.
Of the 380 German crew, 318 escaped with their lives. Lifeboats on the beach While several of the lifeboats were apprehended by Australian authorities at sea, two managed to reach the coast.
HUDSON, Mass. — A Hudson restaurant took to social media Sunday to apologize after WWII reenactors dined inside while wearing German SS uniforms this past weekend. According to the Kith and Kin, eight ...
Pilsen, located approximately 40 miles from the German border in western Bohemia, was liberated by Patton’s 16th Armored Division on May 6, 1945, after six years of brutal Nazi subjugation.
Lt. Col. Samuel Hogan, commander of 3rd Battalion, 33rd Armored Regiment, 3rd Armored Division, also known as Task Force Hogan, pictured sometime during World War II. (U.S. Army Signal Corps) ...
Tank crew sizes varied depending on the model with there never being quite enough room. Take for instance the German Mark I that was part of the invasion of Poland on Sept. 1, 1939.