Since families and friends had been separated by the Berlin Wall Erected that year by the East German government the barrier kept its citizens from fleeing to West Germany In fact from to the day the structure was built it rsquo s estimated that more than million East Germans had bolted to the West US President Ronald Reagan stood at the wall in and famously said ldquo Tear down this wall rdquo His words reflected a groundswell of change in the region that culminated with the wall being torn down in mdash leading to Germany rsquo s joyous reunification Paul [... more]

Greg Laurie sits down with New York Times bestselling author Joel Rosenberg to discuss the war in Israel Hamas and Bible prophecy To support Harvest's relief efforts in Israel just go to https harvest org israel-relief-fund Transcript of Full Interview Greg Laurie Hey everybody Greg Laurie here with an exclusive interview with my friend Joel Rosenberg who is an absolute expert on what is going on in the Middle East Joel was born in the United States but has actually moved to Israel and is in Jerusalem right now and has dual citizenship as both an American and Israeli citizen [... more]

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On this episode of Our American Stories even before the U S British victory in the North African campaign in May there was disagreement among the Allies on the best strategy to defeat the Axis Eventually the U S and British political leadership reached a compromise in which both would commit most of their forces to an invasion of France in early but also launch a relatively small-scale Italian campaign Here's Stephen Ambrose with the story Support the show https www ouramericanstories com donate See omnystudio com listener for privacy information [... more]

On this episode of Our American Stories The History Guy tells of the story during the Battle of St Vith Belgium on December where one of the most extraordinary David Vs Goliath tank actions of the war took place between a little American M armored car and Hitler's enormous German King Tiger tank Support the show https www ouramericanstories com donate See omnystudio com listener for privacy information [... more]

Diet Eman was an ordinary shy young woman in the Netherlands mdash in love working and enjoying time with family and friends mdash when the Germans invaded in As Diet pronounced Deet later wrote ldquo When there is danger on your doorstep you want to act almost like an ostrich burying its head in the sand rdquo Yet Diet felt God calling her to resist the German oppressors which included risking her life to find hiding places for Jews and other pursued people This unassuming young woman became a warrior for God nbsp We find many stories in the Bible [... more]