WW2 Wayfinder. German Army in Normandy: Retreat To The Seine in 1944 Then & Now. Posted: March 24, 2025 | Last updated: March 26, 2025. After the fierce battles in the Falaise Pocket in August ...

Day, the first day of the Normandy landings that laid the foundations for the Allied defeat of Nazi Germany in World War II.

Nicknamed the “Bloody Bucket” by the Germans, the 28th Infantry Division played a major role during the Battle of the Bulge.

In late 1944, during the wake of the Allied forces' successful D-Day invasion of Normandy, France, it seemed as if the Second World War was all but over. On Dec. 16, with the onset of winter, the ...

Created by the Allies 10 years after World War II to help defend Western Europe, the German army was designed to fight as little as possible. Today, Berlin wants to make it 'fit for war,' but the ...

By the end of May 1944, more than 1.5 million U.S. Army personnel had arrived in the U.K. to participate or support the operation, according to the National World War II Museum.