During the Allied drive to liberate the fortified port of St. Malo, Nazi forces cut off and encircle an American battalion in a bold defensive move.

U.S. forces fight to the death against Hitler’s massive surprise offensive to slow the Nazi advance allowing for the legendary defense of Bastogne.

In bitter fighting, American forces clash with elite Nazi troops in the Colmar Pocket to complete the liberation of France in January 1945.

Allied forces launch a surprise airborne attack behind Nazi lines in September 1944.

The Calgary Highlanders defy a wall of Nazi counterfire on the Walcheren causeway.

As Allied armies line up along the River Rhine prepared to invade Nazi Germany, the race for a bridge could change the course of the war.