After the failure of Operation Lüttich, the German counterattack west of Normandy collapsed into chaos as Allied forces pressed forward. Between Mortain and Falaise, the German Army found itself ...

Hill 314, a rugged height east of Mortain, became the stage for a brutal five-day siege in August 1944. Nearly 700 American soldiers from the 2nd Battalion, 120th Infantry Regiment, were surrounded by ...