Following his defeat in the giant Battle of Leipzig (Oct 1813), Napoleon's final defeat seemed only a matter of time. But when Coalition armies crossed the Rhine and invaded France, Napoleon ...
German radio broadcasts called it “the most terrible and ferocious battle in the history of all ... the great city on the Rhine. It looked as far away as the moon. Contact us at
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CINCINNATI (WXIX) - Firefighters battled a fire at an abandoned apartment building in Over-The-Rhine on Sunday morning ... Flagler said firefighters had to battle the below-freezing temperatures ...
British Field Marshal Montgomery's audacious plan to drive deep into the heart of industrial Germany relied on American and British paratroops to capture and hold vital bridges over the Rhine ...
Hitler thought of it as another Dunkirk and code-named it “Wacht am Rhein [Watch on the Rhine].” Allied archives would later refer to “the Battle of the Ardennes.” To men who were there ...
He suffered his worst defeat in battle during his September 1944 attempt to cross the Rhine River at the Dutch city of Arnhem. Six thousand airborne Allied troops were lost in the failed effort.
Omar Bradley, who had distinguished himself leading troops to victories in North Africa and Sicily, was hand-picked by General Dwight Eisenhower to command the 1st U.S. Army during the D-Day ...