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The tank battle where Shermans faced Germany’s best head-on

In November 1944, as Allied forces crossed into western Germany, a violent armored clash erupted near Puffendorf that exposed ...
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Armed Forces: The Big Lift

Soon after midnight, the cabin door of a C-135 Stratolifter slammed shut behind Major General Edwin Burba, commander of the U.S. Army’s “Hell on Wheels” 2nd Armored Division. Slowly the giant jet ...