December 1944—deep in Alsace, German forces launch Operation Hawk in a desperate bid to hold the Colmar Pocket. With brutal clashes on Hill 351 and relentless Allied offensives, this battle was one of ...

Essling, Napoleon led his reinforced army back across the Danube. The resulting clash with Archduke Charles's Austrian army was the biggest and bloodiest battle yet seen in European history, and ...