The right men, in the right place, at the right time- Dog Company. This 400 meters high hill was captured after heavy fighting and great losses by the 2nd US Ranger Battalion in December 1944. America had many heroes in World War II, but few can say that, but for them, the course of the war may have been very different. The Battle of Sainte-Mere-Eglise (5-6 June 1944) was fought between US Army airborne forces and a small force of German troops defending the village of Sainte-Mere-Eglise in Normandy, France.The American soldiers dropped into the town just before midnight on 5 June 1944, and the pathfinders set up radio posts so that they could signal the paratroopers to drop at certain locations. O’Donnell- a story of extraordinary bravery, courage, and determination. Dog Company is their unforgettable story- thoroughly researched and vividly told by acclaimed combat historian Patrick K. In each battle, the men of Dog Company made the difference. Army’s 2nd Ranger Battalion, D Company- Dog Company- who made that difference, time and again.From D-Day, when German guns atop Pointe du Hoc threatened the Allied landings and the men of Dog Company scaled the ninety-foot cliffs to destroy them to the thickly forested slopes of Hill 400, in Germany’s Hürtgen Forest, where the Rangers launched a desperate bayonet charge across an open field, captured the crucial hill, and held it against all odds. On 20 December 1944, during the German Ardennes offensive, the 2nd SS Panzer. The battle saw Foy change hands four times, with the Americans ultimately recapturing the town from the Germans. This is the dramatic story of sixty-eight soldiers of the U.S. The Battle of Foy (20 December 1944-14 January 1945) was a military engagement between the US Army and the German Wehrmacht that occurred as a part of the Battle of the Bulge in the winter of 1944-1945.
An epic World War II story of valor, sacrifice, and the Rangers who led the way to victory in EuropeIt is said that the right man in the right place at the right time can make the difference between victory and defeat.