Bank Robbery in Hartselle Stuns March Night of 1926
In mid March 1926, Hartselle bank robbers attacked the City Market building housing the bank. The band used nitro-glycerine blasts and torpedoes to disable guards and phones while five hostages, including local cashier Ernest Mittwede and Black resident Mack McGuinness, were forced to the back room. Station agent J B Huie and officer Les Williams were overpowered as the heist unfolded.
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John Knox
Hartselle
L&n
Main Street
Romeo
Hunter
Nixon
Hartselle Bank
Arthur Stephenson
I. W. Griffin
J. Elliott Peck
Critten
Dillingers
J. B
Brad) Huie
Les Williams
Mack McGuinness
Ernest Mittwede
F& M
Dr. Johnson
Patillo Drugstore
Mack McGinnis
Bob Griggsby
Burl Hardwick
Uncle Mack
Brad Huie
J. M. Lindsay
Lindsay
Griffin
Coy Stephenson
National Guard
Hubert Steed
Bank Robbery in Hartselle Ends With Train Departure
In Hartselle a bank robbery erupts as gunmen blast the vault through seven steel layers. Hostages are present while bystanders react, and a L&N train departs after S.O.S. signals to Birmingham and Decatur. The robber gang faces police and guards, with improvised defenses and cautious actions shaping the chaotic scene.
D Day accounts from Omar Bradley on Normandy invasion
General Omar Bradley recalls June 6 1944 aboard the USS Augusta seeing overcast skies heavy bombers and the Omaha Beach assault. He notes Allied planning, German defenses, weather concerns and Eisenhower’s daring decision shaping war history.
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Omar N. Bradley
Army
USA
Hugh Mulligan Washington
Augusta
Omaha Beach
Africa
Sicily
Italy
D-Day
Normandy
Rommel
Eisenhower
Navy
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German View of D-Day Invasion Plans in 1944
The OB West assessment recalls German leaders doubting precise landing sites for Allied invasion. Rommel favored rapid armored response behind the coast, while Rundstedt supported mobile warfare inland. Hitler sided with Rommel, placing two strong divisions west of Paris. By May 1944 the High Command grew wary Normandy would be the invasion site, with air superiority and reconnaissance severely limited.
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Nazaire
Loire
Mediterranean
Rommel
Rommiel
Africa
Rundstedt
Paris
Hitler
Lenzdivision
Ss-Division
Hitlerjugend
Air and Navy
OB West
Netherlands
Belgium
Normandy
Brittany
Bay of Biscay
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Knox
Judge Sample
Johnson
Hammond Hotel
Pierce Patillo
Ernest Oden
Volunteer Fire Dept
Puckett & Orr
Dr. Iohnson
Pierce
Patillo
Hogtie de
Nornding
Taylor
S.O.S
Birmingham
Decatur
Nia
Bank
City Market
Allied View
Luftwaffe
Goering
Messerschmitts
352Nd
St. Lo
Gen
Guenther Blumentritt
Munich
Germany
Holland
Calais
Somme
France
Gerd) von Rundstedt
Erwin Rommel
Afrikakorps
Johannes Blaskowitz
Army Group
Nakaelanda
von Rundstedt
England
St. Germain
Arena
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