After the policy forbidding German Jews from serving in the U.S. military was changed during World War II, Pins joined the Army and was going through basic training, believing he would be sent ...
One man vs. an entire German assault force—this is the incredible true story of Audie Murphy. During the battle of Holtzwihr in the Colmar Pocket, Murphy’s fearless stand against overwhelming odds ...
For many decades after the end of World War II (WWII), a broad popular narrative—reinforced through thousands of films and books—cast the German military as unthinking tools of Nazi ideology. Only in ...
WASHINGTON — During the height of World War II, more than 900 ... and possibly sunk by the German submarines patrolling the area. On board the ship were four Army chaplains, all lieutenants ...
Stewart was one of two surviving combat pilots from the World War II-era 332nd Fighter Group, a segregated all-Black wing of the United States Army Air ... shot down three German aircraft in ...
During World War II German propaganda emphasized the prowess of the German army and contrasted it with the British and Allied armies who were depicted as cowards and butchers, or brave but misguided.