It remains one of the most remarkable turns in battle in recorded history, and the press back home gave credit to “Patton’s ...
But early Dec. 16, some 200,000 German troops crashed into four U.S. divisions 125 miles away in Belgium’s dense Ardennes Forest ... s ultimate test in World War II’s European theater.
The Battle of the Bulge, in which Gordon fought, became the last major German offensive campaign of World War II. That ...
WWII veteran Wilbur Rupke received a commemorative medal and a certificate signed by Gov. Jim Pillen, recognizing his 80 years of service and sacrifice during and after the war.
In the dead of winter, 1944, the frozen forest of Ardennes erupted in chaos. In a desperate, last-ditch attempt to turn the tide of the war, Hitler threw his armoured divisions at the thinly ...
Battle of the Bulge started, Germany's last big offensive against the U.S. and Allies during World War II. That holiday season saw fierce combat in the ...
In the frigid winter of 1944, when the outcome of World War II ... war in the European Theatre. The German Army surprised the Allied forces in mid-December 1944 in the densely forested Ardennes ...
“Not only that, I’m the only West Pointer to make it to 106,” he said.
Audrey Hepburn is remembered as one of Hollywood’s brightest stars, but her teenage years were far from glamorous. Born in ...