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 A World War, Part 1 1

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A World War, Part 1
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German soldiers were surrendering so fast, they just would surrender a whole unit and we couldn't handle them all. The British Broadcasting Company (BBC) was announcing "Today in Europe, the war is...
Liberation, Part 5 - The Siegfried Line | South Carolinians in WW II
   - Episode 5 Liberation, Part 3 3

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Liberation, Part 3
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Veterans reflect on being captured and taken prisoner or killed by the Germans. It was bitter cold, but the Americans knew better than to complain. There was never any food and there was nothing to...
 Liberation, Part 5 5

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Liberation, Part 5
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The Siegfried Line ran along the entire border of Germany from north to south. There was barbed wire, and there were land mines, and Dragon's Teeth, which were concrete blocks, that no tank could pass...
Liberation, Part 5 - The Siegfried Line | South Carolinians in WW II
   - Episode 5 Liberation, Part 6 6

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Liberation, Part 6
Episode 6
Veterans who arrived to rescue people in the camps describe what they saw; human skeletons barely alive, and some not able to walk. Some were fed too much, too soon, and died from overeating. Bodies...
 A Path to Victory, Part 7 7

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A Path to Victory, Part 7
Episode 7
Headed into in area in northern France, in which they thought they could rest, the 106th infantry division, 424th infantry, expected to have time to clean their weapons, take showers and have some...
 Liberation, Part 2 2

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Liberation, Part 2
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Veterans share their recollections of the Battle of the Bulge and the siege of Bastogne. It was the cold winter in 50 years, and they were not dressed for the cold. The sky was blackened with shells...