Most people have likely never heard of Ormont, Germany. But in March of 1945, the 87th Infantry Division would find it to be the site of heavy resistance as they passed through the Siegfried Line. We're traveling to Ormont with a veteran of the 87th Infantry Division to hear about how the path into Germany didn't go around Ormont, but through it.
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