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Centenarian vets are sharing their memories of D-Day, 80 years later
Military Times via Yahoo News· 1 hour agoThe paratroopers, the armored forces, the ground troops. They are the ones,” he said. After D-Day,...
Assault Class Machine Guns in Isonzo news
Indie DB· 5 days agoThe German faction was added to Isonzo way back in December 2022, and they brought with them the third light machine gun to feature in ...
Cannons and machine guns are being tested as drone-killers in 2 wars
Business Insider via Yahoo News· 1 day agoUkrainian troops use a German-made Gepard anti-aircraft gun tank in Odessa region to shoot down...
How America captured a German submarine right before D-Day
Task & Purpose· 12 minutes agoThe concept of capturing a German submarine was hatched after a Navy hunter-killer team named the...
Rangers led the way in the D-Day landings 80 years ago
Stacker via AOL· 1 day agoWithin minutes, concentrated German machine gun fire devastated the men struggling up the beach....
D-Day at 80: A pivotal day for the Allies
Nevada Appeal· 4 hours agoOn June 6, 1944, Operation Overlord stretched along five Normandy beaches, a massive drive to push the Germans back as allied troops planned to storm...
How AP covered the D-Day landings and lost photographer Bede Irvin in the battle for Normandy - WTOP...
WTOP Washington· 1 day agoIt was early June 1944 — just before the long-anticipated Normandy landings that ultimately...
Opinion | The B-17 blew apart in an instant. The memory has burned for 80 years.
Washington Post· 2 days agoWaist gunner in a B-17 bomber was what you’d get if you didn’t draw the straw to be pilot or...
‘The first wave went through hell’ – how the 16th Infantry Regiment’s heroism helped bring victory...
The Conversation via Yahoo News· 1 day agoIn the first wave to hit the beach, troops were met by witheringGerman gunfire. But they kept...
The most heroic of all Florida football players should be remembered this week | Whitley
The Gainesville Sun via Yahoo Sports· 15 hours agoIt was hell on earth. German machine guns and artillery pinned the platoon on the beach. Ferguson let his hair down and went to war. He grabbed a...What ...