Located in the Manche County, the purpose of Utah Beach was to take Cherbourg and its harbor in deep-water. That was the job of the VII Corps under the command of General Joseph Collins. But before to take Cherbourg, a
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Topics:
4th Infantry Division,
Utah beach,
Operation Neptune
Among the stories we read or hear every day, some seem insignificant, boring, even irritating. Others leave you breathless, captivated, leaving you staring in admiration at the person telling you the story. Then, there
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Topics:
World War 2,
362nd Fighter Group,
379th Fighter Squadron,
France, Normandy, Villers-Bocage,
Captain George Rarey,
WWII pilot
England, the birthplace of Golf, is home to some of the world's most prestigious courses Among them, the Hesketh Golf Club In 1885, Southport, an English town located forty-five minutes' drive north of Liverpool, saw
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Topics:
World War 2,
WWII,
Golf,
Olympics,
Hesketh Golf Club
Private Robert Joseph Wiewel was born on September 28th, 1922. Graduated from High School in May 1940, at the age of seventeen years old, he then stopped his studies to help his father, August Wiewel, at the family farm.
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Topics:
WWII,
Saint Valérie en caux,
Lucky Strike Camp,
Train accident of Saint Valérie en Caux
On February 21st, 2024, Missak Manouchian entered the Pantheon, in Paris, a French monument which welcomes the most important figures of the French history.
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Topics:
Nazi, Schutzstaffel, SS,
WWII,
Missak Manouchian
Omaha Beach is sadly known for the tragic events which occurred during the Second World War, especially during the D-Day.
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Topics:
WWII,
Omaha Beach,
DDAY
"Yesterday, December 7th, 1941, a date which will leave in infamy the United States of America was suddenly and deliberately attacked by naval and air forces of the Empire Japan." President Franklin D. Roosevelt A few
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Topics:
WWII,
WWII Golf,
Pearl Harbor
During the mission of the 2nd Armored Division which was to prevent the Germans to reestablish a line of defense after the Saint-Lô breakthrough, “C” Company of the 702nd Tank Destroyer Battalion was attached to the
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During the closing of the Roncey Pocket, the 82nd Reconnaissance Battalion had to reconnoiter the Combat Command “B” road of advance and then to cover the flanks and to go all the way to the Sienne River to take the
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