So wait, what exactly are the Village People doing in that first picture?

"Diminishing returns"? That's odd because the initial returns were already very poor.

Granted, Webster's rant was pretty funny, but I was a little worried he was going to jump off the truck and start beating POWs with his rifle butt. The looting and executions…not fun at all.

One of the masterful aspects of this episode is the way it doesn't let the viewer too easily take refuge in Allied righteousness. We see French soldiers summarily executing surrendered Germans, American soldiers looting, a somewhat unhinged Webster yelling at German POWs and, most disturbingly, hints at the…

Before reading this article I never thought I'd want to listen to the Louvin Brothers, but it sure sounds like Charlie was the real deal. Even if Satan Is Not Real.

Market Garden's drops were actually far more effective than the Overlord drops. The brass learned from the Normandy chaos that nighttime drops weren't feasible and instead dropped all the troops in daylight and most troops landed at or very near their intended drop zones. Because of this, the American paratroopers…