The commander of the New York Army National Guard’s 42nd Infantry Division, Maj. Gen. Jack James, joined with surviving U.S.

As the icy grasp of winter descended over Europe in the waning weeks of 1944, the earth-shattering battles rattling the continent began to lose momentum.

On February 19, 1943, the Eastern Front was on the brink of collapse. In the Wolf's Lair at Zaporozhye, Hitler remained ...