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Smoke The Kents!
The Battle for France was going badly for the Allies as the armor of von Kleist, Rommel and Guderian forged its way through Allied positions toward the Channel ports. The German objective was to drive a wedge through the center of the defenders'…
1940-05-20

The Kiwis Attack
Following a series of relatively unsuccessful and extremely bloody assaults by the New Zealand Corps during the period of 15-18 February, heralded by the destruction of the famous Monte Cassino monastery above the town, a month-long lull set in as…
1944-03-15

To The Last Man
Malinovskii's forward detachments had encircled doomed Budapest. The German garrison, ordered by Hitler to defend the Hungarian capital to the last man, fortify the city for a siege. At the Ceramics Factory, well-armed and determined SS troops…
1945-01-13

The Final Battle
The battle for the center of Berlin, above all for the Reichstag—the final battle—had begun. This blackened ruin was to be the focal point of Soviet attacks for five days, and every formation in the Red Army from Front to regiment was determined to…
1945-04-28

Preparing The Way
The Soviet wave swept inexorably toward the borders of the Reich—but in those isolated instances where replenished German armored units were encountered, they still proved masters of the battlefield. During the night of August 14th, the 3rd Panzer…
1944-08-16

The Schoolhouse
It was a nondescript, strung-out village but it was situated in the Kursk salient and it was destined to become the scene of the most intense street fighting since Stalingrad. The school, the water tower, the tractor station, the railway embankment,…
1943-07-09

With Flame and Shell
Kursk, the greatest tank battle in history, had opened badly for the Germans. The offensive that Hitler thought would win the war had suffered enormous losses as it assaulted the deep, wellprepared Russian defensive positions. The new miracle tanks…
1943-07-05

Draconian Measures
Kharkov was again becoming the focal point for a major battle for the fourth and last time as the rampaging Red armies of Vatutin and Konev converged on the city—the site of huge German supply dumps. The first Soviets to reach the city belonged to an…
1943-08-13

Little Stalingrad
For Hitler and OKW, it was the "Battle of the Cherkassy Pocket", but the troops trapped within called it “Little Stalingrad.” On 28 January, the Red Army’s latest offensive in the Ukraine had cut off a large salient containing two German Corps—the…
1944-02-14

First To Strike
After weeks of bitter conflict in the Stalingrad cauldron, little had been decided. Heavy assaults on the Tractor Works were repulsed with many casualties to both sides. The newly arrived 37th Guards Division of General Zholudev lent new strength to…
1942-10-07

Storming The Factory
All over the city battles raged; house by house, Rostov had to be pried from the Reds. Having initially made good progress, SS “Viking” Division became embroiled in the bitter street fighting. Soviet troops and sappers who had barricaded the city…
1942-07-28

Berserk!
Throughout the grueling month of October, determined and costly German assaults had managed to steadily shrink the Soviet defensive perimeter. But no one man, soldier or commander, could grasp the scope of the confused battle raging in the ruins. One…
1942-10-25

Guryev's Headquarters
Throughout the Hell that was October in Stalingrad, determined and costly German assaults had managed to steadily shrink the Russian defensive perimeter. Everywhere it seemed that the Russians were hanging on by the slimmest of margins. On this day,…
1942-10-27

Headhunting For Bloody Huns
The village of Modhion lay about a mile south of the coast road, midway between Maleme and Platanias. It was the home of a divisional field punishment unit,as well as an engineer unit which was dug-in on the hills around the village. The morning had…
1941-05-20

The Road To St. Lô
Between the Normandy invasion on D-Day and the Breakout from the hedgerow country during Operation Cobra, there occurred a hard, slow fight moving from hedgerow to hedgerow and from town to town. One of the major objectives of this battle was St. Lo.…
1944-07-16

Cobra Kings
By Christmas day, the Ardennes offensive was stalling near Celles. Bastogne was still encircled, but Millikin’s III Corps was moving up to try to break the siege. As the assault of the 15th Panzergrenadier Division had been thrown back at Champs, and…
1944-12-25

Charging Chaumont
By the third day of Patton’s drive to relieve Bastogne, stubborn resistance was being encountered. After a stiff engagement with the Fallschirmjager-Division 5, Combat Command B of the 4th Armored Division, consisting of the 10th Armored Infantry…
1944-12-23

Himmler's House
1st Battalion of the 756th Rifle Regiment had been instrumental in the daring April 28th night crossing of the Moltke Bridge and establishing a bridgehead in the house directly across Moltke Strasse from the massive, six story Ministry of the…
1945-04-29

Brave Little Emchas
Following the unsuccessful "Spring Awakening" offensive in Hungary, the 6th SS Panzer Army was given the responsibility for the defense of Vienna and the southeastern approaches to the Reich. Not wanting a protracted struggle for the city, Kravchenko…
1945-04-10

St. Barthélemy Bash
From 12:00 midnight to 4:00 A.M., August 7, 1944, the whole 117th Regimental area was blanketed by intense and devastating mortar and artillery fire. Artillery personnel supporting the First Battalion were being bombed and strafed by enemy aircraft…
1944-08-07

In the Old Tradition
The British had continued their withdrawal to Kampar, a position of considerable strength. Two high, jungle-covered ridges bordered a relatively open area consisting of nearly one thousand yards of open paddies and fields, giving the British…
1941-12-31

King Of The Hill
A scratch task force from CCB of the 3rd Armored Division, with some GIs from the 30th Infantry, was placed under Lt.-Col. King. His orders: clear Haut Vents. Unfortunately, due to heavy losses in previous action, he could muster only six medium and…
1944-07-10

They're Coming!
On 7 July, assault teams of the 30th and 9th U.S. Infantry Divisions successfully crossed the Vire-Taute canal. The surprise maneuver caught the enemy off-guard, and the Americans were soon in control of Saint-Jean-De-Daye, a kilometer south of the…
1944-07-11

Clay Pigeons
The 115th Infantry had been working its way toward Saint-Lo by fits and start. After resting and refitting for several days, it moved into the line to replace the battered 116th. An attack was laid on to get the stalled advance moving again—but the…
1944-07-11

Barkmann's Corner
The 2nd SS-Panzer Regiment, after a harrowing cross-country march through the heartland of the Maquis, assembled with the rest of the division south of Saint Lo to meet the American threat. Having lost two tanks in the sharp fighting of the past two…
1944-07-27

Buying The Farm
The U.S. 175th Infantry Regiment was to spearhead the 29th Infantry Division's advance on Isigny; and Company A was to lead the 175th. Lieutenant John Allsup was not at all pleased with his company's role, and he was barely encouraged by the…
1944-06-08

Bogged Down
Three days after the enemy counterattack and bloody American advance to Dufayel, the 115th Infantry Regiment had been rejuvenated with an influx of replacements. That "black but victorious 11th of July" was forgotten; in spite of having so many…
1944-07-15

Repulsed
In the hedgerows of Normandy, any significant advance demanded that a village or road be cleared -- and many bitter battles were waged over small settlements and crossroads. On Friday morning, the men of the 116th Infantry Regiment had jumped off…
1944-06-16

Ripe Pickings
On the night of 7-8 July, Combat Command B of the 3rd Armored Division crossed the River Vire at Airel despite heavy fire. In the dark, confusion was rife as American and German tanks stalked each other among the hedgerows and orchards. Isolated…
1944-07-08

Mayhem In Manila
In the conquest of Manila, many bitter battles took place throughout the city. One such contest occurred throughout the medical complex at the University of the Philippines. In large, well-fortified buildings the Japanese defenders fought desperately…
1945-02-16

The Mailed Fist
One of the Western Allies’ plans in the event of a German attack, Plan “D” – based upon the belief that the Germans would push through the lowlands of Belgium as they had in the previous war – called for the BEF and various French divisions to rush…
1940-05-13

Sicilian Midnight
Under direct orders from Patton himself, the 3rd Ranger Battalion stepped off at dusk on the 15th to seize Porto Empedocle. Marching in a column of companies, the Rangers made good time across the Sicilian hills. But just after midnight, scouts…
1943-07-16

Royal Marines
In the grand design of Overlord, five Royal Marine Commando groups were organized into two Special Service battalions and detailed to clear German strongpoints along the 20 mile frontage of Gold, Juno and Sword. With the Canadians allotted a scant 30…
1944-06-06

The Tiger Of Toungoo
In order to slow the lightning advance of the Japanese, Lt.-General Stilwell sent the elite Chinese 200th Division into the walled city of Toungoo to help stabilize his ruptured front. Meanwhile to the south, Japanese patrols ranged through the…
1942-03-26

Lehr Sanction
Elements of the British 50th Infantry Division, supported by armor of the Royal Dragoon Guards, and preceded by a massive naval and air bombardment, finally succeeded in taking the village of Lingevres. But three hours after retreating, the…
1944-06-14

Intimate War
With the Americans closing in on the capital city, General Yamashita had no intention of allowing his troops to be trapped fighting there and so ordered a withdrawal eastward. But Rear-Admiral Sanji Iwabuchi, in command of some 17,000 naval troops…
1945-02-12

The Island
On June 12, the 7th Armoured Division advanced to exploit a perceived gap in the German lines southwest of Caen. As the leading tanks and motorized infantry drove into and beyond Villers-Bocage, they were cut to pieces by a few Tiger tanks under the…
1944-06-14

Back To School
With the German occupation of Sevastopol and Novorossiysk in 1942, the Soviet Black Sea Fleet had lost its primary naval bases. Its operations were shifted farther down the southeast coast to the city of Poti, whose port facilities were small and…
1943-02-04
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