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Castles in Germany: Medieval Fortresses, Burgen, Festung, and Schlosser, Part 2

Medieval Fortresses, Burgen, Festung, and Schlosser in Germany Burg Guttenberg (peter schmelzle Photo) Guttenberg: Burg Guttenberg is a late medieval hilltop castle on the Neckarmühlbach, a district of Haßmersheim in Neckar-Odenwald-Kreis in Baden-Württemberg.  The castle was never destroyed and has been continuously inhabited for almost 800 years, from the Gemmingen-Guttenberg line of the Barons of … Read more

Canadians in the Italian campaign, 1943-1945, Part 2, Mainland Italy, from the Strait of Messina to the Battle of Ortona

Canadians in the Italian campaign: 1943-1945, Part 2, Mainland Italy, from the Strait of Messina to the Battle of Ortona Map of Allied operations in Southern Italy, September 1943 to January 1944. (Map drawn by C.C.J. Bond, in C.P. Stacey, The Canadian Army 1939-1945: An Official Historical Summary (1948), Department of National Defence) One result … Read more