German Women Expected Brute Force in American Camps, but What the ‘Cowboy’ Guards Actually Did Left Them in Disbelief. NU
German Women Expected Brute Force in American Camps, but What the ‘Cowboy’ Guards Actually Did Left Them in Disbelief The legends of the American West are often built on the grit of the rugged individualist, but in the spring of…
She Screamed as the GIs Lifted Her Mother from the Cellar, only to Realize They Were Saving Her Life. NU
She Screamed as the GIs Lifted Her Mother from the Cellar, only to Realize They Were Saving Her Life The legends of the Second World War are often written in the ink of fire and blood, but in the final…
When U.S. Guards Enforced Strict Darkness Rules in German Women’s POW Camps, the Final Plea of the Prisoners Exposed the True Price of War. US.
When U.S. Guards Enforced Strict Darkness Rules in German Women’s POW Camps, the Final Plea of the Prisoners Exposed the True Price of War The winter of 1945 was not merely a season of ice; it was a season of…
German Women POWs Were Abandoned to Die in a Brutal Blizzard, but Their Fate Changed When U.S. Soldiers Came. NU.
German Women POWs Were Abandoned to Die in a Brutal Blizzard, but Their Fate Changed When U.S. Soldiers Came January 12th, 1945. The Ardennes Forest, Luxembourg. The air was a razor, slicing through the wool greatcoats of the men of…
German Women POWs Were Sobbing in the Frozen Woods, but the American GIs Who Found Them Chose Soup Over Sidearms. NU.
German Women POWs Were Sobbing in the Frozen Woods, but the American GIs Who Found Them Chose Soup Over Sidearms The mud of Mississippi in December is a special kind of misery. It is a thick, rust-colored clay that clings…
They Were Taught to Hate the Americans, Until One Unexpected Gesture of Kindness. NU.
They Were Taught to Hate the Americans, Until One Unexpected Gesture of Kindness February 12th, 1945. A cellar near the shattered town of Schmidt, Germany. The world was made of sound—a deep, gut-churning percussion that traveled through the frozen earth…
After Months in the Filth of the Front Lines, These German Women POWs Burst Into Tears When They Realized This. NU.
After Months in the Filth of the Front Lines, These German Women POWs Burst Into Tears When They Realized This April 16, 1945. The world was dissolving into the mud of Eerlon, Germany. For twenty-year-old Elsbeth Schmidt, a signals auxiliary…
The Reach of Fear: When a German POW Mistook a Gift for an Execution. NU.
The Reach of Fear: When a German POW Mistook a Gift for an Execution The world was ending in thunder. On April 16, 1945, the air south of Magdeburg, Germany, did not hum with the arrival of spring; it vibrated…
Beyond the Wire: Why Texas Cowboys Left German Women Prisoners Stunned and Speechless in 1945. NU.
Beyond the Wire: Why Texas Cowboys Left German Women Prisoners Stunned and Speechless in 1945 August 19, 1944. The world was ending in a chaotic symphony of grinding metal and shrieking shells. In the Falaise Pocket of France, 21-year-old Hanna…
The Hidden Agony: A German POW’s Secret Injury Left This U.S. Army Doctor Speechless and Sickened. NU.
The Hidden Agony: A German POW’s Secret Injury Left This U.S. Army Doctor Speechless and Sickened December 12, 1944. Camp Redwood, Texas. The air tasted of dust and iron. A relentless wind, born on the peaceful plains of a continent…