Selasa, 14 Maret 2017

Hallowed Ground: Wereth, Belgium

In December 1944 German forces surged through the Ardennes region of Belgium, France and Luxembourg in what was to be their penultimate major offensive against the Allies in Western Europe. Adolf Hitler masterminded Rhein (Operation Watch on the Rhine). Americans would come Unternehmen Wacht am to know it as the Battle of the Bulge. With …

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