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Germany’s Last Ditch Units of 1945

In the final months of World War II, Germany fielded desperate formations in a last attempt to slow the Allied advance. This ...
One good turn, the saying goes, deserves another. The Allied forces of World War II were more than ready to accept a Nazi surrender, but when they realized they might have left a potential loophole ...
Escaping the festering hostilities in Germany against Jews in the 1930s, Rudy Pins kissed his father goodbye and boarded a train. Then 12 years old, Pins -- bound for a new life in the United States - ...
Beckum, Germany, May 8, 1945: Smiling U.S. Ninth Army soldiers in Beckum, Germany, hold extra editions of Stars and Stripes announcing news of Germany’s surrender. The soldiers en route to mess with ...