Le madri tedesche e l’arrivo degli americani: tra fame e speranza. hyn
In the dying winter of 1945, Bavaria lay silent beneath a white shroud of snow. Villages that once waved Nazi flags now stood hollow, their chimneys dead, their people starving. Somewhere down the winding road, the rumble of engines echoed….
L’ordine brutale di Patton dopo aver scoperto i prigionieri torturati. hyn
Part 1 On January 13, 1945, somewhere near the splintered Belgian approaches to Malmedy, Generalmajor Fritz Bayerlein sat in a command post lit by two weak lamps and a stove that never quite managed to warm the room, and read…
PATTON SFIDA L’IMPOSSIBILE: LA MARCIA FLASH CHE HA SCOSSO CHURCHILL E L’INTERO FRONTE. hyn
December 19th, 1944. Supreme Headquarters Allied Expeditionary Force, Versailles. The situation room resembled organized chaos. Officers clustered around maps marked with red arrows, piercing deep into Allied lines. The German offensive through the Arden had caught everyone off guard. American…
SCOPERTA CHOC NELLE ARDENNE: UNA DOMANDA DI BASEBALL SMASCHERA GLI INFILTRATI TEDESCHI. hyn
December 16th, 1944. 3:47 a.m. Belgian forest near Elsenborn Ridge. Staff Sergeant Robert Mariam hears voices calling through the pre-dawn darkness. Perfect American accents pleading for help from a disabled Sherman tank. Indiana farm boy, Brooklyn mechanic, Virginia gentleman officer….
MITRAGLIATRICE DIVENTA ARMA DI PRECISIONE: LO SHOCK CHE CAMBIÒ LA GUERRA A SAIPAN. hyn
On the morning of June 22nd, 1944, at 6:47 a.m., Corporal Jack McKver crouched behind his Browning M2 heavy machine gun on a coral ridge overlooking the Japanese-held highlands of Saipan, watching enemy snipers move through tree cover 1,600 yd…
Le prigioniere di guerra tedesche non si lavavano da mesi — gli americani costruirono per loro bagni privati con acqua calda. hyn
German POW Women Hadn’t Bathed in 6 Months — Americans Built Private Bathhouses for Them With Water “Hot Water and Dignity”: How an American POW Camp Restored Humanity to German Women in 1945 Camp Claiborne, Louisiana — July 1945 The…
“Dite alla Regina che siamo morti” — I 500 australiani che si rifiutarono di arrendersi. hyn
The convoy was moving without authorization. That is the fact the supply officer recorded in his log at 0340 hours on August 30th, 1944 and then crossed out. The entry still exists. The crossing out is visible. What the log…
Patton rubò 400.000 galloni di carburante contro gli ordini — e la sua armata attraversò il Reno prima del previsto. hyn
The convoy was moving without authorization. That is the fact the supply officer recorded in his log at 0340 hours on August 30th, 1944 and then crossed out. The entry still exists. The crossing out is visible. What the log…
Gli proibirono di modificare la mitragliatrice — finché non eliminò 32 soldati giapponesi . hyn
He bled out in 4 minutes while his assistant gunner, Eddie Briggs, watched helplessly. Whitaker had shown Briggs photographs of his daughter that morning. She was three. July 2nd. Sergeant Mike Dunphy from Chicago Heights set up in a defensive…
Perché Eisenhower rifiutò di stringere la mano al generale tedesco Jodl: la resa incondizionata di Reims. hyn
On May 6th, 1945, in Reims, France, a dull, gray, rainy day marked a pivotal moment in history. Inside a small red brick schoolhouse, the fate of the world was being decided. This was the Supreme Headquarters of the Allied…