Travel & History Insights Blog | Bergs & Burgs
Hands Up, You're Surrounded
Not every story from the war happened on a famous battlefield. Some of the best ones happened in a roofless barn in Holland, in the middle of the night, ankle-deep...
Hands Up, You're Surrounded
Not every story from the war happened on a famous battlefield. Some of the best ones happened in a roofless barn in Holland, in the middle of the night, ankle-deep...
VE-Day Away from Berchtesgaden
One thing that becomes clear when you visit places like Paris and Liège is how scattered the final days of the war really were. Easy Company feels like a single,...
VE-Day Away from Berchtesgaden
One thing that becomes clear when you visit places like Paris and Liège is how scattered the final days of the war really were. Easy Company feels like a single,...
Visiting Haguenau — Where Easy Company Was Shel...
In February 1945, Easy Company was stationed in Haguenau, France — close enough to the German lines that Shifty Powers could hear the difference between an 88 and a railway...
Visiting Haguenau — Where Easy Company Was Shel...
In February 1945, Easy Company was stationed in Haguenau, France — close enough to the German lines that Shifty Powers could hear the difference between an 88 and a railway...
Easy Company’s Coldest Night of the War
After taking Foy in the Battle of the Bulge, Easy Company spent a brutal freezing night outside Noville. You can still visit these Bastogne battlefields today.
Easy Company’s Coldest Night of the War
After taking Foy in the Battle of the Bulge, Easy Company spent a brutal freezing night outside Noville. You can still visit these Bastogne battlefields today.
To the German Commander: NUTS!
In Bastogne’s frozen forests, four German officers offered the Americans a chance to surrender. General McAuliffe gave them something else entirely — a single word that would echo across history....
To the German Commander: NUTS!
In Bastogne’s frozen forests, four German officers offered the Americans a chance to surrender. General McAuliffe gave them something else entirely — a single word that would echo across history....
Easy Company’s Mountain of Weapons
After VE-Day, Easy Company rolled into Kaprun, Austria — and into one of the strangest weapons surrenders of the war. What they found piled in schoolyards and churches was as...
Easy Company’s Mountain of Weapons
After VE-Day, Easy Company rolled into Kaprun, Austria — and into one of the strangest weapons surrenders of the war. What they found piled in schoolyards and churches was as...
