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79th Infantry Division - La Haye du Puits: Concentration 56 and Lessay

June 29th, 1944, while the last battles were taking place west (Cap de la Hague) and east (Cap Lévi) of Cherbourg, the 2nd Battalion of the 314th Infantry Regiment left its assembly area (south of Bricquebec) to take up

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Topics: World War 2, World War Two, WWII 1st US Army, Infantry

79th Infantry Division - La Haye du Puits: Concentration 55

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Topics: World War 2, World War Two, WWII 1st US Army, WWII 79th Infantry Division, Infantry, La Haye du Puits WWII

79th Infantry Division - Cherboug Campaign: Eyes and Ears

It was on the 1st of June 1944 when the 79th Reconnaissance Troop left Marbury Hall Tent Camp N°2 in England to “Galloping Bottom” in preparation for the great invasion.

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Topics: World War 2, WWII Atlantic Wall, World War Two, WWII 79th Infantry Division, France, Normandy, Cherbourg, LST Landing Ship Tanks, Infantry

79th Infantry Division - Cherbourg Campaign: A harbor in deep water

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79th Infantry Division - Cherbourg Campaign: Taking Fort du Roule

The 79th Infantry Division as the other US Infantry Divisions engaged three Infantry Regiments into battle. You have already discovered the story of the 313th Infantry Regiment during the Cherbourg Campaign, now let’s

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Topics: World War 2, WWII 101st Airborne Division, WWII Atlantic Wall, World War Two, WWII 1st US Army, WWII Paratroopers, WWII 4th Infantry Division, Infantry

79th Infantry Division - Cherbourg Campaign: Seize the Harbor

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Topics: World War 2, WWII 101st Airborne Division, WWII Atlantic Wall, World War Two, Infantry

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

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