Before the war, Barbas, a village of perhaps seventy-five houses, huddled rather closely together was a very quiet village in the
August 21st, 1944, after one-hundred days of heavy fighting the Normandy Campaign ends and the Rat Race began. By that time
Normandy, nowadays everyone knows Normandy for the D-Day landing on June 6th, 1944. Nevertheless, its history is not only about this day. It is also rich in heritage with
Topics: Normandy, Normandy most beautiful villages
Topics: World War 2, World War Two, Operation Wacht am Rhein, WWII Belgium Battle of the Bulge, WWII Belgium Task Force Hogan, WWII 83rd Reconnaissance Battalion, WWII Third Armored Division
On December 16th, 1944, German army launched its counterattack also known as “Von Rundstedt counterattack” in the Bulge with the purpose to cut
Topics: World War 2, World War Two, WWII Belgium Battle of the Bulge, WWII 3rd Armored Division, WWII Belgium Task Force Hogan
Prelude
One hour from Paris, in Val-d’Oise county set up the castle of La Roche-Guyon on the North bank of the Seine river. The castle we know
Topics: WWII 79th Infantry Division, Field Marshal Johannes Rommel, WWII 313 Infantry Regiment, France, La Roche Guyon Castle
At Le Mêle-sur-Sarthe, 79th Infantry Division was assembled to assist the other elements of the XV Corps in blocking the escape of the Germans to the East. Several enemy groups composed
Topics: France, Paris, WWII 79th Infantry Division, WWII 313 Infantry Regiment, France, Seine River, France, Mantes-Gassicourt
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Topics: WWII 79th Infantry Division, Siegfried Line, WWII 313 Infantry Regiment, France, Lorraine, France, Alsace
Topics: World War 2, World War Two, WWII, WWII 79th Infantry Division, WWII 315 Infantry Regiment
Located between Aisne - Oise Cemetery and Aisne - Marne Cemetery, the city of Château-Thierry is a crossroad between Paris, city of light and Reims, French
Topics: World War 2, WWII, WWII 7th Armored Division, France, Chateau Thierry
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