Crossing the Rhine: The Allies reached the last great natural barrier between their forces and the German heartland. If they could get across the River Rhine, the war would be won. [S]
Crossing the Rhine: The Allies reached the last great natural barrier between their forces and the German heartland. If they could get across the River Rhine, the war would be won. [S]
Battle of the Bulge: Hitler's launch of his great counter-offensive against the unsuspecting Allies in the Ardennes. This was the Nazis' last gamble in the West to turn the tide of the war. [S]
Battle of the Bulge: Hitler's launch of his great counter-offensive against the unsuspecting Allies in the Ardennes. This was the Nazis' last gamble in the West to turn the tide of the war. [S]
Battle for the Siegfried Line: The Allies entered Germany and ran into the Siegfried Line. American troops fought to a gruelling, bloody standstill in the Huertgen Forest at a terrible cost. [S]
Battle for the Siegfried Line: The Allies entered Germany and ran into the Siegfried Line. American troops fought to a gruelling, bloody standstill in the Huertgen Forest at a terrible cost. [S]
Battle for the Scheldt: As the Allies' advance stalls, the Canadians had to seize Hitler's island fortress to open up the vital port of Antwerp and keep the war moving. [S]