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The soldier who hunted German snipers in World War II

In May 1941, Sergeant Alfred Clive Hume faced German paratroopers during the Battle of Crete. Wearing a captured enemy smock and carrying a German rifle, he hunted the snipers threatening his fellow ...
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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 ...