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Why German Engineers Couldn’t Copy the US Shell That Killed Without a Direct Hit

The last week of December 1944, a river called the Sour on the border between Luxembourg and Germany. Night. A…

Nazis Banned Jewish Photographer — His Son’s Camera Put Them on Trial

April 29th, 1945. The Dachau concentration camp, 12 mi northwest of Munich, Bavaria, liberated by soldiers of the 45th Infantry…

What Patton Did When He Found a White Officer Forcing Black Troops to Dig Graves Barefoot in Winter

53 men, barefoot in January, on frozen ground that hadn’t thawed since December, and a white captain standing 20 ft…

Why Patton Asked the German General to Repeat Exactly What He Said About American Mothers

He said it once, like he believed it. He said it the second time like a man who has just…

“They’ll Leave Us to Freeze”— German Female POW’s Carried By Canadian Troops Through Blizzard

February 1945, the war was almost over, but 87 German women sat freezing in a prison camp in Belgium, waiting…

Why German Snipers Couldn’t Explain How U.S. Soldiers Outsmarted Them Every Time | WWII Documentary

The date is July 1944. A German sniper has been in position since before dawn. His name is Hans, 22…

Behind the Sunshine: The Secret Agony, Financial Ruin, and Hidden Resilience of Doris Day

Behind the Sunshine: The Secret Agony, Financial Ruin, and Hidden Resilience of Doris Day She was born Doris Maryanne Kappelhoff…