Major Paul Barnsley led a bayonet charge against a German strongpoint during the little-known Battle of Vallee Blanche in the ...

At Castle Itter, German soldiers, American troops, and French prisoners joined forces to defend against an SS assault.

The Battle of Kursk was a catastrophic defeat for Germany; the Wehrmacht suffered around 200,000 casualties and lost nearly 700 tanks and 1,000 aircraft. These losses were irreplaceable.