After pearl harbor and americas entrance into the war. Two days after the fifth army captured the eternal city, general dwight d. Eisenhowers forces hit the normandy beaches in a massive amphibious assault. Despite bitter german resistance, we built up an enormous beachhead and finally broke through. Our seventh army, commanded by general alexander patch, landed in Southern France and pushed along the rome river valley. 10 days later, paris was liberated. In italy, the fifth army crossed the arno river and is swept on toward bellona. In the pacific, General Macarthurs forces invaded, putting them within 300 miles of the philippines. General stillwell was making progress in burma, with british and chinese units. [explosions] the tide of war was turning against the aggressors with a vengeance. Just 97 days after the assault on omaha beach, the army had crossed the german border. The battle for france was nearing its end. The battle for germany was about to begin. The nazi reich was soon
Forest in the eiffel region of western germany. A forest that harbors the dark past. With a legacy still visible in isolated places. From a time when it was dubbed a green hell. In the closing stages of the 2nd world war it was the scene of bloody fighting between u. S. And German Forces. The path to the western allies advance from belgium into germany lets straight through the forests around the village a field can. For locals the battle is still a key part of their history. This ticket will come to mark it was while riding around here on my bike as a teenager that i really came into contact with the history of the herd conformists its Mission Environment on virtue i would suddenly come across ruins among the trees with Massive Concrete walls. And when i asked my parents they told me they were the remains of bunkers from the 2nd world war. Ringback and once you know what to look for in this wartime landscape you can also see bomb craters trenches and foxholes and the stones stone slus
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