Newark Advocate history columnist Doug Stout tells the story of Corporal Carroll Lee Hupp of Licking County and the Battle of ...
Christmas includes the anniversary of the Battle of the Bulge, the largest land battle fought by the United States. The battle was hell on earth. On Dec. 16, 1944, Nazi Germany launched an enormous ...
Elisabeth Vincken had listened to artillery fire for eight straight days before someone knocked on her cottage door on ...
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Battle of the Bulge WWII

The Battle of the Bulge was the largest and deadliest battle fought by the United States during World War II. In944, German forces launched a surprise offensive through the Ardennes Forest, aiming to ...
In order to march on Antwerp, the German Wehrmacht needed to first capture Freyneux—and the US Army stopped it in its tracks.
Probably the last I will be writing about the Siege of Bastogne and Christmas in the Ardennes during the 1944 Battle of the ...
A German mother sheltered three lost American soldiers during the Battle of the Bulge—and did the same for German soldiers hours later.
The experience at battle solidified Howard Buford’s approach to life. ‘I don’t carry grudges around. I don’t carry anger around.” ...
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Bloodiest winter battle of WWII

In the frozen Amblève Valley, we trace how Kampfgruppe Peiper’s rush through the Ardennes was forced onto narrow roads and into the small village of Cheneux. On December 20-21, 1944, the 1st Battalion ...
Christmas includes the anniversary of the Battle of the Bulge, the largest land battle fought by the United States. The battle was hell on earth.
Christmas includes the anniversary of the Battle of the Bulge, the largest land battle fought by the United States. The battle was hell on earth.
There was no peace in Belgium’s Ardennes Forest on December 24, 1944. But 9 people found an unlikely peaceful “Silent Night” ...