At 9 a.m. on Oct. 2, 1944, under an overcast sky, the assault on German ground positions began. Two pillboxes provided much of the opposition in Palenberg, Germany. In June, Allied forces had landed ...

In airborne operations vaster than those of D-Day, Gen. Eisenhower committed his parachute and glider troops to action in Holland yesterday "or the first time under their new unified command, while ...

The 21st Theater Sustainment Command conducted a staff ride of the Siegfried Line Campaign on May 2-5, 2023 to develop the general staff’s understanding of sustainment and operational maneuver. Maj.

WAUPACA, Wis. (WBAY) - A local veteran who served in World War II and was a prisoner of war celebrated his 100th birthday on Sunday. Family in Waupaca County tell us that James Gilles entered the army ...

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It was March 18, 1945, and Walter J. Stoudenmire of Orangeburg was facing the vaunted Siegfried Line — the fortified belt of trenches, barbed wire, pillboxes, concrete barriers and bunkers that marked ...

1944: During World War II, U.S. Army troops cracked the Siegfried Line north of Aachen, Germany. 1990: West Germany and East Germany ended 45 years of postwar ...

Today is Friday, Oct. 3, the 276th day of 2025. There are 89 days left in the year. Today in history: In 1990, West Germany and East Germany ended 45 years of postwar division, declaring the creation ...

In mid-September 1944, things looked great for the Allies. With their foothold in Normandy secured after D-Day and the successful invasion of Southern France in Operation Dragoon, Allied soldiers ...