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A German machine-gunner moves towards the front lines during the winter of 1944. (GFP) On this day in 1944, remnants of the German army attacked the advancing Allies in the final German offensive of WWII. Codenamed Operation Nordwind by the OKH (High Command of the German Army), the operation was inspired largely by Hitler's misguided…
A Waffen-SS machine-gunner before the onset of winter. (source: Steam Community) On this day in 1944 the Battle of Vianden took place in Northern Luxembourg (Western Europe). Allied forces had recently pushed German forces out of Luxembourg and armed local resistance fighters; the Luxembourgians were directed to take up positions in the Vianden castle -…
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