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The Spy Who Shattered Citadel: How Soviet Intelligence Broke Germany’s Last Eastern Front Hope

Operation Citadel was doomed before the first tank moved. The Soviets weren’t just waiting—they already knew. Thanks to ...
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When a German Officer Risked Everything to Rescue an American Soldier

On November 12, 1944 in the savage battles of the Battle of Hürtgen Forest, German Lt. Friedrich Lengfeld led a rescue team into a minefield to save a wounded American soldier—and was mortally wounded ...