“I Can’t Breathe!” – German Woman POW Shocked When U.S Soldiers Jumped Into the Atlantic to Save Her. VD
“I Can’t Breathe!” – German Woman POW Shocked When U.S Soldiers Jumped Into the Atlantic to Save Her The Choice That Echoed Beyond the Waves June 18th, 1944. Somewhere in the Atlantic aboard a US Army transport ship, I thought…
German Women POWs Hadn’t Eaten Soup For 5 years When Cowboy Stew Was Served, They Didn’t Trust It. VD
German Women POWs Hadn’t Eaten Soup For 5 years When Cowboy Stew Was Served, They Didn’t Trust It June 18th, 1944. Camp Hearn, Texas. The first thing that reached us wasn’t the guards’ commands or the clang of metal gates….
German Generals Mocked Patton’s 48-Hour Promise – Then Lost 100,000 Men in the Snow. VD
German Generals Mocked Patton’s 48-Hour Promise – Then Lost 100,000 Men in the Snow The Iron Will: The Battle of the Bulge It was the bitter cold of December 19th, 1944, when Lieutenant Colonel Friedrich von Staufenberg, commander of one…
Hermann Göring Laughed At US Plan For 40,000 Planes – Then America Built 300,000. VD
Hermann Göring Laughed At US Plan For 40,000 Planes – Then America Built 300,000 The Arsenal of Democracy: A Soldier’s Revelation It was a cold, gray morning on May 7th, 1945, when General Carl Ker, the last chief of staff…
German POWs Learned to Live Through the Cold — Then Discovered They Didn’t Want to Leave. VD
German POWs Learned to Live Through the Cold — Then Discovered They Didn’t Want to Leave Winter of Understanding January 9th, 1944, Wisconsin. The first thing that hit me when I stepped out of the truck wasn’t the snow, but…
German POWs in California Thought They Were Being Punished When Given This Job. VD
German POWs in California Thought They Were Being Punished When Given This Job The Vineyard of Trust June 18th, 1944. Soma County, California. The first thing I noticed was the smell. It wasn’t blood, or smoke, or any of the…
Beyond Endurance: A German woman’s collapse changed the rules of the gulag forever. VD
Beyond Endurance: A German woman’s collapse changed the rules of the gulag forever March 21st, 1945. A muddy forest clearing west of the Rhine. The air smells of wet pine, churned earth, and the lingering ghost of cordite. For Anelise…
“I Don’t Know How to Eat This,” German Women POWs Whisper Over Their First American Breakfast. VD
“I Don’t Know How to Eat This,” German Women POWs Whisper Over Their First American Breakfast The Quiet Strength of a Soldier It was August 23rd, 1945, and the air in Fort Chaffee, Arkansas, was thick with heat. The smell…
When German POWs First Heard American Radio— The Whole Camp Stopped Talking. VD
When German POWs First Heard American Radio— The Whole Camp Stopped Talking The Radio That Played It was August 31st, 1945, and the air in Fort Chaffee, Arkansas, was heavy with the weight of the war’s end. The radio crackled…
„Der Moment, als US-Soldaten die SAS fürchteten“ – Eine Begegnung in Vietnam. NE
„Der Moment, als US-Soldaten die SAS fürchteten“ – Eine Begegnung in Vietnam 17 amerikanische Green Berets betraten den Patrouillenstützpunkt. 12 verließen ihn. Die übrigen verschwanden im Dschungel, verschleppt von einem Feind, den sie weder sahen noch hörten und gegen den…