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The Atlantic Wall (German: Atlantikwall) was an extensive system of coastal defences and fortifications built by Nazi Germany between 1942 and 1944 along the coast of continental Europe and Scandinavia as a defence against an anticipated Allied invasion of Nazi-occupied Europe from the United Kingdom, during World War II.
Buffalo Soldier sites from 1860 to 1900 Image taken in 1898 of the 9th U.S. Cavalry.. Sources disagree on how the nickname "Buffalo Soldiers" began. According to the Buffalo Soldiers National Museum the name originated with the Cheyenne warriors in the winter of 1877, the actual Cheyenne translation being "Wild Buffalo".
Buffalo Soldiers in Italy: Black Americans in World War II. McFarland & Company. ISBN 0-89950-116-8. McGrath, John J. (2004). The Brigade: A History: Its Organization and Employment in the US Army. Combat Studies Institute Press. ISBN 978-1-4404-4915-4. Motley, Mary Penick. (1975) The Invisible Soldier: The Experience of the Black Soldier ...
The 25th Infantry Regiment was an infantry regiment of the United States Army activated in 1866 and deactivated in 1957. One of the "Buffalo Soldier" units, the racially segregated regiment saw action during the American Indian Wars, Spanish–American War, Philippine–American War and World War II.
At the start of World War II in 1941, Dixon enlisted in the Army, serving as a corporal in Buffalo Soldiers.Dixon would be stationed at West Point Academy in Hudson Valley, where he was among the Buffalo Soldiers who trained cadets in mounted tactics and horseback riding.
Frank Sheeran, an American labor union official and associate of Jimmy Hoffa, served 411 days in World War II, including the Battle of Anzio. William Sidney, awarded the Victoria Cross for actions as a Major with the 5th Battalion, Grenadier Guards in the Anzio beachhead. Sidney's father-in-law, Lord Gort, also had been awarded the Victoria ...
World War II map of Camp Lockett. Camp Lockett was a United States Army military post in Campo, California, east of San Diego, and north of the Mexican border.Camp Lockett has historical connections to the Buffalo Soldiers due to the 10th and 28th Cavalry Regiments having been garrisoned there during World War II. [7]
The Battle of Garfagnana (Italian: Battaglia della Garfagnana), known to the Germans as Operation Winter Storm (Unternehmen Wintergewitter) and nicknamed the "Christmas Offensive" (Italian: Offensiva di Natale), was a successful Axis offensive against American forces on the western sector of the Gothic Line during World War II.