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How one GI's sacrifice helped pave the Army's way to Aachen, Germany
German town of Bardenberg, where the outcome of a singular soldier's sacrifice hung in the balance, depending on his comrades-in-arms - and on his enemies. In fall 1944, Bardenberg was just another of ...
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The Unabashedly Provocative Youth Driving Germany’s Far Right
A far-right protest last month in Aachen, Germany. They are the changing face of the AfD. When Marie-Thérèse Kaiser, 28, first went to an AfD event in 2017, she was surrounded by retirees.
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How one GI's sacrifice helped pave the Army's way to Aachen, Germany
In fall 1944, Bardenberg was just another of those objectives contributing to a strategically greater goal, in this case the city of Aachen, whose fall would mark the first seizure of German ...