Verdun is synonymous with 1916, but we are here for a different turning point - August 31, 1944, when the US 7th Armored Division liberated the town. Using Life Magazine photographer Ralph Morse’s ...
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Bloodiest winter battle of WWII

In the frozen Amblève Valley, we trace how Kampfgruppe Peiper’s rush through the Ardennes was forced onto narrow roads and into the small village of Cheneux. On December 20-21, 1944, the 1st Battalion ...
Woodrow Wilson’s speech on January 8, 1918, changed the course of U.S. foreign policy and international diplomacy.
For the first half of the 20th century, one of the most important firearms in the U.S. military arsenal was the water-cooled ...