Following their landing at Normandy, U.S. forces attempted to punch through the hedgerows of Normandy, a difficult undertaking as German forces were well-hidden and put-up stiff resistance. Lieutenant General Omar Bradley, field commander of American soldiers in...
The month of June 1944 began with the news of victory for the Allies in Italy as the city of Rome was liberated from German control by the US Fifth Army on June 4. The attention and celebration were short-lived however as all eyes and ears quickly turned to Normandy,...
March 1944 brought encouraging news from all the war fronts. In the southwest Pacific, U.S. forces landed on the Admiralty Islands on Leap Day (Feb. 29). The island chain was located a short distance northeast of New Guinea and offered an excellent anchorage for...
The tempo of the war intensified at the start of the second quarter of 1944. April saw a return of bombing missions over the Ploiesti oil fields in Romania used by the German forces. Meanwhile, Allied forces massing in England were beginning their final preparations...
March 1944 brought encouraging news from all the war fronts. In the southwest Pacific, U.S. forces landed on the Admiralty Islands on Leap Day (Feb. 29). The island chain was located a short distance northeast of New Guinea and offered an excellent anchorage for...
Operation Shingle, the U.S. effort to flank the dug-in German forces in Central Italy, was still in its early stages as February 1944 began. But already things were going poorly on ground and at sea. U.S. ships resupplying the ground forces off the coast of Anzio were...
