The Night Fighter
The twin CH-47’s roared across the night sky. Laden with infantrymen, the two Chinook’s were tasked with dropping these men off on the southern outskirts of a town called...
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Jews in Germany
During World War II, despite being persecuted by the Nazi regime, over 100,000 soldiers of Jewish descent served in the German military. The Jewish people of Germany had...
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“I shall return”
The Battle of Manila commenced on 3 February 1945. American forces had landed on the Philippine island of Leyte the previous October and had been making their way towards...
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Operation Barbarossa
The German war machine rumbled across the Soviet Union’s border in the early morning hours of 22 June, 1941. The German launch of Operation Barbarossa caught the Soviets...
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Patton’s Third Army
The Third Army swept across Northern France light lightening crackling across the sky. Since the invasion of Normandy on 6 June, the Allies had been bogged down on this n...
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