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Against all odds: The 2nd Infantry Division’s fight at Elsenborn Ridge
The heroic American stand at the towns of Krinkelt and Rocherath slowed the German advance in the Battle of the Bulge.
By Ralph E. Hersko, Jr.
How Field Marshal Montgomery predicted the rise of drone warfare
While delivering a speech in 1954, Field Marshal Bernard Montgomery gave prescient insights into the future of warfare.
By Zita Ballinger Fletcher
He went from mowing FDR’s lawn to the Battle of the Bulge
Ralph J. Osterhoudt, 96, recalls his youth with the Roosevelts, and fighting through France and Germany.
By David Sears
This military training camp team almost won a national championship
On Nov. 20, 1943, the eyes of a weary nation focused, just for a moment, on a battle playing out stateside.
Why Hitler declared war on the United States
Was it an irrational act? Hardly. Pearl Harbor merely gave him the excuse he had long been seeking.
By Gerhard L. Weinberg