In 1919, a German officer wrote one sentence about American sold soldiers that his own army would spend the next…
At 6:47 in the morning on August 11th, 1944, Hauptmann Franz Schneider stood in a muddy field outside Algona, Iowa,…
Evening, 6th of June, 1944. Somewhere south of a village called Bretteville-l’Orgueilleuse, three Sherman tanks stopped on a railway embankment…
A September night in 1945, Camp Deming, New Mexico, movie night. Hundreds of German prisoners watch a Western, and in…
A German soldier stands at the front of a mess line in Alabama. On the tray is more food than…
July 11th, 1944. A hedgerow field south of Carentan, Normandy. A German machine gunner lay behind his MG 42, fingers…
Imagine you are a soldier of the Third Reich. You have crushed Poland, shattered France, and fought beneath the African…
March 1945, Western Germany. A 22-year-old sergeant from Ohio is standing in the turret of his Sherman tank at the…
You’re 18, maybe 19. You’re living at home, working at a gas station, stocking shelves, taking classes at the community…
The first message from Hill 861 did not explain what had happened. It was only a few words pushed through…