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Second El Alamein: Episode 10 — The Plan Called Lightfoot
Second El Alamein: Episode 10 — The Plan Called Lightfoot. Famous Tank Battles — open the episode listing and listening link.
Second El Alamein: Episode 13 — Break-In Without Breakthrough
Second El Alamein: Episode 13 — Break-In Without Breakthrough. Famous Tank Battles — open the episode listing and listening link.
The Heroism of William David Morgan
The Heroism of William David Morgan. Beyond the Call — open the episode listing and listening link.
Welcome to the Battle of Cambrai - Season 1
Start here with the Famous Tank Battles series.
William R. Jecelin: Sacrifice and Valor on the Ridge at Saga
William R. Jecelin: Sacrifice and Valor on the Ridge at Saga. Beyond the Call — open the episode listing and listening link.
101st Airborne captures Carentan
Less than a week after the D-Day landings in Normandy, paratroopers of the 101st Airborne Division fought their way into the town of Carentan. On June 12th, 1944, after days of brutal combat across causeways and among hedgerows, airborne infantry entered and secured the battered town, which sat at a vital road and rail junction between Utah and Omaha Beaches.
Arthur F. DeFranzo
A Medal of Honor story of sacrifice and battlefield leadership in the Normandy campaign of World War II.
Banzai Charge on Saipan
On Saipan in the Mariana Islands, July 7th, 1944 witnessed one of the largest Japanese infantry charges of the Pacific War. In a desperate attempt to break American lines, thousands of Japanese soldiers, along with wounded men and support personnel formed into improvised units, launched a massive banzai attack against positions held by United States Army troops, notably elements of the 27th Infantry Division.
Battle of Ormoc Bay, Philippines
On December 7th, 1944, as Americans marked the third anniversary of Pearl Harbor, United States forces fought a different battle tied to that first “day of infamy.” Off the Philippine island of Leyte, United States Navy destroyers, escorts, and aircraft struck Japanese…
Battle of Peleliu
The September 1944 landing on Peleliu secured an airfield but opened a much longer struggle against a deeply fortified island. Marine and Army operations continued into November, making the battle more than the familiar story of its first beaches.
Battle of Saipan
The June–July 1944 battle for Saipan joined Marine and Army divisions in a sustained advance across a populated island. Its outcome transformed American air operations while leaving a devastating military and civilian legacy.
Capture of Monte Cassino
On May 18th, 1944, Allied troops finally occupy the shattered ruins of the monastery and town of Cassino in Italy, ending a months-long struggle along the Gustav Line. Earlier attacks in winter and early spring had seen United States and other Allied units bleed heavily against well-prepared German defenses in rough terrain. The controversial bombing of the historic abbey and repeated assaults through mud, rivers, an
Capture of Saint-Lô
In Normandy, weeks after the D-Day landings, American forces found themselves locked in a grinding struggle through hedgerow country that favored the German defenders. The town of Saint-Lô, a key road junction, became a vital objective for United States units trying to break out of the constricted beachhead. After days of intense fighting, artillery barrages, and house-to-house clearing, American troops finally secur
Charles E. Mower
The jungle ravine near Capoocan, on the island of Leyte, funneled sound like a drum. Machine guns hammered from the slopes, echoing off the trees. A thin stream cut the bottom of the gulch, its surface slapped into white splashes as bullets stitched across the water. Sergeant Charles E. Mower, just nineteen years old, stood in that stream with his squad of Company A, 34th Infantry Regiment, advancing into the teeth o
D-Day landings in Normandy
Two days later, early June turned into one of the most famous dates in world history. On June 6th, 1944, Allied forces stormed the beaches of Normandy in northern France in the opening phase of Operation Overlord. United States troops landed primarily at Utah and Omaha Beaches, facing a mix of flooded terrain, beach obstacles, and entrenched German defenders.
Dirk J. Vlug
A Medal of Honor story of courage under fire in the Pacific war.
Dirk John Cornelius Vlug
The jungle pressed in on both sides of the Ormoc Road, a narrow ribbon of mud and broken pavement cutting through the hills near Limon on the island of Leyte. December rain had turned the ditches into brown pools. American infantrymen crouched behind a hasty roadblock of felled trees, sandbags, and wrecked vehicles, listening to the grinding approach of steel.