Explore the critical events related to the war and the personal stories of those who lived through that challenging time.
The dramatic fate of the Resistance fighter, Camille Sutor (born 30 May 1921, died 19 May 1944), is an example of the ex...
#Biography
Shortly before the fall of Wiltz, on 18 December 1944, the rear sections of the US 28th Infantry Division were moved tow...
On 12 January 1945, a doctor of the US 90th Infantry Division, Dr William McConahey, moved with his medical unit to the ...
The border area of Eupen, Malmedy and Sankt Vith changed nationality three times in the first half of the 20th century. ...
#Storyline
Richard F. Wiegand, born in Maryland, USA, enlisted into the US Army in 1943. He was killed in action on Christmas Day 1...
Major General Walter E. Lauer was born in Brooklyn, New York. During the Second World he commanded the US 99th Infantr...
From its formation in 1942, the US 99th Infantry Division played an important role during the Second World War. This w...
#Story
Lonnie O. Holloway Junior enlisted with the United States Army in February 1942 at Camp Carson, Colorado. He fought du...
Kampfgruppe Peiper was one of the three armoured groups of the German 1st SS ‘Leibstandarte Adolf Hitler’ Panzer Divis...
The V weapons, known as Vergelstungwaffen (weapons of retaliation), comprised the Fi-103 V1 flying bomb and the V2 roc...
The French Forces of the Interior (FFI) played an important role in the liberation of Lille. From 1 September 1944, th...
British troops played a decisive role in the liberation of the former Nord-Pas-de-Calais region. Placed at the centre ...
American troops liberated the eastern part of the former Nord-Pas-de-Calais region. They were positioned to the east o...
Little is known about Robert Wilhelm (9 December 1919 - 10 August 1944). He was killed in the fighting in Normandy and...
Little is known about the German navy Corporal Karl Stein (19 April 1922 - 5 May 1942). He died during his deployment ...
Horst Rimkus (26 April 1926 - 10 August 1944), was killed in action in Normandy at the young age of eighteen years....
Ludwig Lindenmayer (14 November 1923 - 16 July 1944), died during the fighting in Normandy, aged 20. He remained in the ...
Fritz Luck (16 April 1913 - 22 July 1944), was a soldier in the German navy from 1933 onwards. He died in a car accide...
Walter Ackermann (19 October 1911 - 22 July 1944), enlisted in the Wehrmacht in 1940 and became an English prisoner of...
Heinz Semmelbeck (27 August 1908 - 6 July 1944) was a lawyer born in Niederhochstedt. After his legal training, he bec...
Leo von Poblotzki (10 April 1921 - 14 June 1944) was born in in Altengrabow, near Magdeburg, to a family that was crit...
Ottfried Muthesius (21 April 1921 - 25 September 1945), was taken prisoner of war as a non-commissioned officer in March...
SS-Hauptsturmführer (SS-Captain) Michael Wittmann (22 April 1914 - 8 August 1944) was considered the most successful t...
Bernhard Frerking (1 December 1912- 6 June 1944), was born in Hanover. He became a member of the National Socialist Ge...