Related Content
-
Article Type
Last Surviving Pilot from Battle of Britain Passes Away at 105
John “Paddy” Hemingway, along with his fellow RAF pilots who have been revered as “the Few,” played a critical role in defending the United Kingdom against Nazi Germany during the summer of 1940.
-
Article Type
Operation Undertone: The Allies Clear the Rhineland
US Third and Seventh Armies' March 1945 offensive cleared the Rhineland, pushing deep into Germany and decisively weakening German defenses before the final Allied push.
-
Article Type
The Trial of Adolf Eichmann
Adolf Eichmann initially escaped justice by fleeing to Argentina, where he hid out for nearly a decade until he was kidnapped by Israeli intelligence operatives and taken to Israel for trial.
-
Article Type
Operations Veritable and Grenade: The Allies Close on the Rhine
Before the Allies could cross the Rhine River, Bernard Montgomery’s forces first had to pry the German defenders away from its western bank with two simultaneous operations: Veritable and Grenade.
-
Article Type
Harry Stewart Jr., Decorated Tuskegee Fighter Pilot, Dies at 100
The Tuskegee Airmen National Historical Museum confirmed retired Lieutenant Colonel Harry Stewart Jr.'s death, saying he passed away peacefully at his home in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan.
-
Article Type
Operation Nordwind: The Battle after the Bulge
In the midst of the Battle of the Bulge, the Germans launched Operation Nordwind, a lesser-known but significant offensive in Alsace in January 1945.
-
Article Type
Hitler’s Declaration of War on the United States
Days after Pearl Harbor, Nazi Germany declared war on America. But why did Hitler choose to draw the United States directly into the European conflict?
-
Article Type
Operation Queen: The Battle before the Bulge
If the American forces could break through the Hürtgen Forest, there was a chance they could reach the Rhine near Cologne, threatening the German industrial region along the Ruhr River and possibly even force a crossing.
-
Article Type
Allied Tactical Airpower in the Summer, Fall of 1944
From the hedgerows of Normandy across the rivers of northern France and into the dense forests of the Hürtgen and the Ardennes, Royal Air Force (RAF) and US Army Air Forces (USAAF) aircraft cleared the way for the advance of the Allied ground armies.
-
Article Type
Appeasement and ‘Peace for Our Time’
Concessions in diplomatic negotiations were nothing new, but after Munich, appeasement took on a new meaning.
-
Article Type
Douglas C-47 Skytrain
The Douglas C-47 became the mainstay for airborne drops and were used in this role extensively for Operations Overlord, Dragoon, Market Garden, and Varsity.
-
Article Type
The Axis Powers of World War II
World War II was a global conflict involving nearly every country in the world. But who was on each side—and why?