Known as The Cat, Mathilde Carré was a divorced French army nurse who was recruited into the INTERALLIÉ resistance organization in 1940. She was...
Of the 9,386 soldiers interred at Colleville, three of them received the Congress Medal of Honour, the highest distinction of their Country. Frank...
Sgt. Alvin York is best known for his leadership in which he and 7 other men charged a machine gun nest. When the nest was finally taken down,...
Welcome Doug! to war44 forums please introduce yourself by telling us where you are from, your interests in WWII or just History and how you found...
On Friday September first 1939, I and many hundreds of children were assembled at Napier Rd School in East Ham and marched along the High Street...
D-Day: Interview with Two U.S. 2nd Ranger Battalion Members Who Describe the Attack at Pointe-du-Hoc U.S. Army General Omar Bradley described...
It was at LION-sur-MER that the most famous D-Day photo was taken – a view of QUEEN Beach, Red sector (taken by Sgt. Jimmy Mapham – later Gen....
Welcome Sgt._Ryan001! to war44 forums please introduce yourself by telling us where you are from, your interests in WWII or just History and how...
Let me first start by thanking Walter for sending me by email his personal story of the days leading up to and including D-Day thru to the VE Day....
Operation Greif Operation Greif was a special false flag operation commanded by the notorious Waffen-SS commando Otto Skorzeny during the...
The Doolittle Raid of April 18, 1942, was the first air raid by the United States to strike the Japanese home islands during World War II. The...
[IMG] B-17 "MEMPHIS BELLE" Story 1st Eighth Air Force WW II Bomber to complete 25 Combat Missions & return to the United States The B-17...