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Operación Barbarroja - WW2 Operation Barbarossa

Desde un principio, estuvo muy claro cuál era el propósito de la Alemania de Hitler. Se trataba de poner fuera de combate a la URSS en un plazo muy corto de tiempo. El Ejército Rojo sería rodeado y destruido junto a las fronteras, mediante una serie de movimientos de pinza, de modo que se...read more

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American infantrymen take positions on the front line just past Amonines, Belgium during the Battle of the Bulge

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In this Jan. 4, 1945 file photo, American infantrymen take positions on the front line just past Amonines, Belgium during the Battle of the Bulge. The Battle of the Bulge was one of the largest and bloodiest battles of the Second World War. (Photo/AP)read more

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"HEILBRONN" by Edward G. Longacre

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HEILBRONN: The war was nearly won. But as the 100th Infantry Division’s GIs attacked fortified Heilbronn, Germany, they feared they’d never see V-E Day.

The 100th Infantry Division had acquired an unenviable reputation by the time it disembarked at Marseilles in October 1944. Organized...read more

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"Attack of the GHOST ARMY" by Rick Beyer

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The director of a new PBS documentar y tells the once-secret stor y of how phantom US troops, inflatable tanks, and Hollywood sound effects fooled the Wehrmacht. 

Rubling out of Paris late on September 14, 1944, a convoy of troop-filled American half-tracks, trucks, and jeeps left the...read more

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Battle of the Bulge (16 amazing photographs)

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The Battle of the Bulge (16 December 1944 – 25 January 1945) was a major German offensive campaign launched through the densely forested Ardennes region ofWallonia in Belgium, France, and Luxembourg on the Western Front toward the end of World War II in Europe. Hitler planned the offensive with...read more

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The War against Germany: Europe and adjacent areas (United States Army in World War II - Pictorial Record)

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During World War II the photographers of the United States armed forces created on film a pictorial record of immeasurable value. Thousands of pictures are preserved in the photographic libraries of the armed services but are little seen by the public.

In the narrative volumes of UNITED...read more

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Winter War seen by others

It is a rare occasion to see how the other countries see the winter war of Finland (1939-40) and when I stumbled across this british documentary I knew I had to share it. It's a brilliant show! World War 2: the complete history.read more

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Hitler's Last Bridge (WWII's Greatest Raids)

A brave band of regular GI's are tasked with saving the last bridge and final gateway to the Third Reich. The bridge is bristling with German guns loaded with explosives. Worse, the enemy plan to destroy the bridge if the American unit assaults it.read more

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1940 Talvisota - Finnish newsreel

Compendium of several newsreels chronicling Finland's fight during the Winter War with the USSR.read more

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The Ardennes: The Battle of the Bulge: Wiinter Defense and Counterattack

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The 4th Infantry Division had lost 7,500 casualties in the Huertgen Forest before moving into the Ardennes for a rest in early December, 1944. It was deployed with three understrength regiments on line, but only the northernmost (le-thand) regiment, the 12th Infantry, was hit by the left flank...read more

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