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It was, indeed, a puzzle that the Nazis thought it worth while to attack in this area at this stage of the war. One ingenious explanation, offered by some U.S. Seventh Army officers, was that Nazi General Hermann Balck had hastily committed his best units to action in order to...
Chips on the Table. Into one 18-mile stretch of this sector the Germans packed twelve divisions, of which six were Panzer (armored) or Panzer Grenadier (motorized with some armor), and six were top-notch infantry. Practically all their known mobile reserves on this front-eight or ten divisions-were...
Grenadier Major William Sidney, son-in-law of Malta's Governor, Field Marshal the Viscount Gort, received the Victoria Cross "for superb courage and utter disregard of danger ... on the Anzio beachhead."
To her father's intense annoyance, Elizabeth's name has been linked in gossip columns with two genealogically suitable young Britons. They are Hugh Denis Charles Fitzroy, Earl of Euston. and Charles John Robert Manners. Duke of Rutland. Both are 25, Etonians. Cambridge men, junior officers in the...
On the morning of Feb. 3, 1918, McGonegal went out as a grenadier, opening the way for wiring parties. The Germans signaled back for a barrage. As McGonegal fumbled for another hand grenade, shrapnel struck his head. He sagged down. When he rallied he tried to prop himself on his...