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Rudy Passera

Private First-Class Weldon E. McClane - WIA at Gavray-sur-Sienne

Nowadays to acquire knowledge about a specific subject, we have at our disposal a multitude of resources as books, internet websites, articles and more. But sometimes when these resources talk about a specific subject

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Topics: World War 2, WWII, Cotentin Peninsula, WWII 297th Engineer Battalion The Jack Rabbits

Medal of Honor of Private First Class Frederick Murphy - 19 March 1945

Frederick C. Murphy was born in Boston, Massachusetts, on July 27, 1918, and lived in nearby Quincy.

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Topics: World War 2, World War Two, The West Wall, Siegfried Line

Bastogne has had a long tradition of giving out nuts!

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Topics: World War 2, WWII 101st Airborne Division, World War Two, WWII Paratroopers, WWII 4th Infantry Division, Green Hell, Hürtgen Forest

Wacht am Rhein Operation Grief, what’s the name of Mickey Mouse’s dog?

The most important role of Operation Wacht am Rhein falls on the shoulders of the 6th Panzer Army under the orders of Sepp Dietrich, SS-Oberst-Gruppenführer (Supreme Group Leader) and Generaloberst (uppermost General)

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Topics: World War 2, World War Two, Heinrich Luitpold Himmler, Reichsführer of the SS

Operation Watch am Rhein, the Schutzstaffel troops lead the offensive!

Premise to Operation Wacht am Rhein

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Topics: World War 2, World War Two, Green Hell, Heinrich Luitpold Himmler, Reichsführer of the SS, Hürtgen Forest

First warning signs of the Battle of the Bulge, the Hürtgen forest

At 0530 hours on December 16th, 1944 the final counterattack of the German army took place in the Ardennes forest.

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Topics: World War 2, WWII Atlantic Wall, World War Two, Green Hell, Infantry, Hürtgen Forest, The West Wall, Siegfried Line

Berchtesgaden Golf Club under the Eagle's Nest of Hitler in the Alps

Located in Obersalzberg, approximately 900 meters above sea level, Berchtesgaden Golf Club is considered as one of the highest golf clubs in Germany. Remarkably, while golfing, these heights enable you to get a

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Topics: World War 2, World War Two, Infantry, 3rd Infantry Division

Baden-Baden Golf Club, third oldest German golf club founded in 1901

The story of Baden-Baden Golf Club goes back to the end of the XIX century.

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Topics: World War 2, World War Two, Reich Minister of Propaganda, Paul Joseph Goebbels

D-Day battle flag flown by USS LCI(L) 489 - priceless

My friend Richard Bass just acquired the D-Day battle flag flown by the USS LCI(L) 489 and has done a little research about the ship, found several eye witness accounts, some of which are summarised here. The photos he

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Topics: WWII Atlantic Wall, World War Two, WWII 1st US Army, England, US Coast Guards, Slapton Sands, Infantry, US Navy

Saunton Golf Club and the First U.S. Army Assault Training Center

Situated in Devon, England, Saunton Golf Club has a diverse and special landscape, ranging from the open, windswept high moors of Dartmoor and Exmoor, the rugged coastlines of rocky cliffs and sweeping bays, secluded

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Topics: World War 2, WWII 1st US Army Assault Training Center, World War Two, WWII 1st US Army, England, Croyde Cliffs, Woolacombe Beach, WWII England, Saunton Sands Beach

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Private First-Class Weldon E. McClane - WIA at Gavray-sur-Sienne

Medal of Honor of Private First Class Frederick Murphy - 19 March 1945

Bastogne has had a long tradition of giving out nuts!

Wacht am Rhein Operation Grief, what’s the name of Mickey Mouse’s dog?

Operation Watch am Rhein, the Schutzstaffel troops lead the offensive!

First warning signs of the Battle of the Bulge, the Hürtgen forest

Berchtesgaden Golf Club under the Eagle's Nest of Hitler in the Alps

Baden-Baden Golf Club, third oldest German golf club founded in 1901

D-Day battle flag flown by USS LCI(L) 489 - priceless

Saunton Golf Club and the First U.S. Army Assault Training Center

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