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The Battle for Tarawa – 76 Hours of HELL – November 20th 1943

  The Battle of Tarawa was one of the more terrible American experiences in the Pacific theatre of World War Two. It was one that…

Operation Market Garden – September 25th, 1944

A day-to-day account of Operation Market Garden, as it happened in 1944.  Oosterbeek A destroyed King Tiger in the ruins of Oosterbeek All day preparations…

Operation Market Garden – September 24th, 1944

A day-to-day account of Operation Market Garden, as it happened in 1944.  Oosterbeek In a final attempt to reinforce the perimeter and secure a crossing…

Operation Market Garden – September 21st, 1944

A day-to-day account of Operation Market Garden, as it happened in 1944. Written by Joris Nieuwint for Hells Highway tours. Nijmegen The final assault on Arnhem…

Operation Market Garden – September 19th, 1944

A day-to-day account of Operation Market Garden, as it happened in 1944.  Eindhoven The XXX Corps Engineers have repaired the bridge at Son and XXX…

Unbelievable Color Footage of Operation Market Garden

Operation Market Garden was the plan by Field Marshal Montgomery to outflank the German fortified Siegfried line by going through The Netherlands. The Netherlands is…

Operation Market Garden – Situation Report: September 17th, 1944

A day-to-day account of Operation Market Garden, as it happened from September 17th – September 25th 1944. Eindhoven / Hells Highway At Veghel the 501st…

The Pacific’s Bitterest Battle of the War for the Marines – Peleliu in 24 Amazing Pictures

The Battle of Peleliu began on 16 September 1944 and lasted until 27 November of that same year. United States Marines of the First Marine…

ON THIS DAY! Paris Liberated By The Free French Forces, August 25th 1944

Image Courtesy of Wikipedia After the Allied Forces landed in Normandy and finally penetrated the German lines, the Supreme Commander of the Allied Forces, American General Dwight…

Operation Goodwood – British Army’s Largest Tank Battle in 25 Amazing Images

Operation Goodwood in Normandy, France was a British offensive against the German forces at the end of July 1944. It is called by some historians…

Operation Husky – The invasion of Sicily +73 In 22 Images!

‘Operation Husky’ was the codename for the invasion of Sicily in 1943. The Operation began at night of 9/10 July. It was a large amphibious and airborne operation, followed…

Today 75 years ago the British Bombed the French Fleet at Mers-el-Kebir

Unable to stop the German advance in Europe, British soldiers fled through the Port of Dunkirk with French help. Weeks later, the British thanked their…