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  1. Maksym Chornyi
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    OMAHA BEACH TODAY: THE HISTORY OF D-DAY AND AFTER

    OMAHA BEACH TODAY: THE HISTORY OF D-DAY AND AFTER In 2019, I had the privilege of visiting Normandy and exploring its renowned historical D-Day...
    Thread by: Maksym Chornyi, Apr 27, 2025, 4 replies, in forum: WWII Today
  2. Maksym Chornyi
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    THE BATTLE OF CAEN: JUNE-JULY 1944

    THE BATTLE OF CAEN: JUNE-JULY 1944 I was fortunate to visit Normandy back in 2019, and during my stay in Caen for two days, walked across dozens...
    Thread by: Maksym Chornyi, Feb 16, 2025, 1 replies, in forum: WWII Today
  3. PirO63
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    Research on a soldier of the 501st RCC of the 2nd Armored Division FFL.

    I am looking for a French soldier who belonged to General Leclerc's Second Armored Division. During the fighting in Normandy, the division, even...
    Thread by: PirO63, Oct 25, 2023, 1 replies, in forum: Information Requests
  4. magnoliasouth
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    What is "ian"?

    Hello everyone! Just a quick question. I came across this interesting article that mentions the whole word "ian" a few times. The article is a...
    Thread by: magnoliasouth, Jul 18, 2022, 4 replies, in forum: Information Requests
  5. Maksym Chornyi
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    HISTORY OF THE COMPIEGNE MEMORIAL SITE

    HISTORY OF THE COMPIEGNE MEMORIAL SITE It took three months of researching and writing to finish this exhaustingly detailed 20 000 word material...
    Thread by: Maksym Chornyi, Jan 22, 2022, 0 replies, in forum: WWII Today
  6. Maksym Chornyi
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    THE BATTLE OF SAINTE-MERE-EGLISE AND AFTER

    THE BATTLE OF SAINTE-MERE-EGLISE AND AFTER The Battle of Sainte-Mere-Eglise is among the most well-known episodes of the D-Day and the War in the...
    Thread by: Maksym Chornyi, Oct 30, 2021, 0 replies, in forum: WWII Today
  7. Maksym Chornyi
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    PEGASUS BRIDGE AND HISTORY IN THE VICINITY

    PEGASUS BRIDGE AND HISTORY IN THE VICINITY I am extremely excited to continue my ‘NORMANDY’ series of articles from the 2019 trip to France. The...
    Thread by: Maksym Chornyi, Jul 31, 2021, 1 replies, in forum: WWII Today
  8. Maksym Chornyi
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    BAYEUX 1940-1944: OCCUPATION, D-DAY, DE GAULLE

    BAYEUX 1940-1944: OCCUPATION, D-DAY, DE GAULLE I have journeyed to Normandy back in July 2019 and with this extensive 10 000-word article I’m...
    Thread by: Maksym Chornyi, May 29, 2021, 0 replies, in forum: WWII Today
  9. Maksym Chornyi
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    HITLER’S VISIT TO PARIS: JUNE 1940

    HITLER’S VISIT TO PARIS: JUNE 1940 After a series of articles on Babi yar and Ukraine, I have finally finished the first one from my FRANCE 2019...
    Thread by: Maksym Chornyi, Apr 4, 2021, 1 replies, in forum: WWII Today
  10. davidbfpo
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    What happened in Setif; why did US troops respond?

    What happened in Setif, French Algeria when a post-VE-Day (so 8th May 1945) march by Algerians became a riot and there was a massacre of Europeans...
    Thread by: davidbfpo, Dec 16, 2020, 43 replies, in forum: Non-World War 2 History
  11. Rusty13
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    Occupied France Paperwork Question

    I know French workers were often used as labor on u-boat bases, like the one in Lorient, but I can’t seem to find any details on the paperwork...
    Thread by: Rusty13, Jun 10, 2020, 0 replies, in forum: Submarines and ASW Technology
  12. MTarr
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    Map of Nomeny

    Good day all, I am researching my Grandfathers experience during 1944. He was a replacement rifleman trained at Camp Croft S.C, attached to the...
    Thread by: MTarr, Mar 29, 2020, 8 replies, in forum: Information Requests
  13. Michael Akkerman
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    Omaha Beach LCT (5) Landing Craft Assault

    I am an artist working on a WWII drawing of a man’s father who was a US Navy sailor aboard LCT(5) 207 on D-Day. This sailor was firing a Browning...
    Thread by: Michael Akkerman, Mar 10, 2020, 8 replies, in forum: Information Requests
  14. MarcPh
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    Japanese Aggression: French Indochina vs Dutch Indonesia

    In September 1940, the Japanese military took advantage of the German occupation of France to occupy French Indochina without a military conflict....
    Thread by: MarcPh, Feb 15, 2020, 5 replies, in forum: Land Warfare in the Pacific
  15. Conan Peisen
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    40th General Hospital - ETO

    I’ve started this thread on the 40th General Hospital that was based in Le Vésinet, France, from 1944 after relocating there from England...
    Thread by: Conan Peisen, Apr 28, 2019, 1 replies, in forum: Western Europe 1943 - 1945
  16. Nordwind_Battlefields1945
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    Hello from France's Battlefields

    Hello, I'm 18 yo and I live in Alsace (France) somewhere along the main frontine of Nordwind Operation of January 1945. I'm interested by WW2...
    Thread by: Nordwind_Battlefields1945, Mar 11, 2019, 11 replies, in forum: ☆☆ New Recruits ☆☆
  17. NihonNOGAY
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    French Morale in 1940.

    First off, I know general French moral was low in 1939, i've heard this popular phrase over an over "Why would they want to die for Danzig or...
    Thread by: NihonNOGAY, Nov 19, 2018, 4 replies, in forum: General Discussion
  18. NihonNOGAY
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    French Polynesia

    I have a simple question, did French Polynesia stay with Vichy France or become a part of Free France after the Fall of France? From all i know,...
    Thread by: NihonNOGAY, May 16, 2018, 1 replies, in forum: War in the Pacific
  19. CAW1
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    TSgt. Clay Y Macy(ASN-34603753)Co.A,737th Tank Batln.,3rd Army,KIA Nov.15,1922-Mar.15,1945 PH

    TSgt. Clay Y. Macy - PH Wounded as the 737th drove along Moselle to the Rhine. [ATTACH] Clay Y. Macy (1922 - 1945) - Find A Grave Photos...
    Thread by: CAW1, Apr 11, 2017, 1 replies, in forum: WWII Obituaries
  20. CAW1
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    PVT A. E. Whittington(ASN:39479966),HQ Company,1st Batln,7th Inf. Regt.,3d Inf. Div.,Mar. 19,1945 SS

    PVT Albert E. Whittington - U.S. Silver Star [ATTACH] Killed in action at the Siegfried Line positions south of Zweibrucken, not too far...
    Thread by: CAW1, Apr 10, 2017, 0 replies, in forum: WWII Obituaries
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