Hells Highway – 101st Airborne Market Garden Battles South of Veghel (Part 2)
Operation Market Garden, it is September 24th 1944 and we are in the 6th day of the ill fated operation. Earlier that day the Germans…
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WATCH: An Extra’s Life – On the set of Band of Brothers
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Hells Highway – 101st Airborne Market Garden Battles South of Veghel (Part 1)
The date is September 24th 1944, Operation Market Garden has dragged on into it’s 6th day and the Germans are about to begin their last…
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WITH HITLER IN THE WEST – Review by Mark Barnes
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A Stained Glass Window Illustration Dedicated to ‘Battle of Britain’ Veterans
Undoubtedly, Adolf Hitler had a number of illusions and dreams shattered one after another as the conflict in the Europe intensified. Hitler was under the…