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The sergeant who eliminated 33 snipers in World War II

In May 1941, during the German invasion of Crete in World War II, Sergeant Alfred Clive Hume of New Zealand made a decision that would alter the survival of his battalion. As German Fallschirmjäger ...
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Battle of Bir Hakeim | The Axis Siege and French Breakout (WW2) + The Battle of Crete (1941) | First mass use of German Paratroopers (Fallschirmjäger)

The Fortress of Bir Hakeim served as one of the most important strongholds of the Free French Army against General Erwin Rommel’s Panzerarmee Afrika. In May 1942 around 3700 soldiers of the 1st Free ...