The killing of Lee Harvey Oswald on live television was dramatic, and helped to spark decades of speculation about a conspiracy surrounding Kennedy’s assassination. Much less remembered was the trial that followed - a trial to convict a man who had committed murder in front of millions of witnesses.
By September of 1944, the Western Allies had broken out of the Normandy beachehead, and suddenly and quickly moved across northern France . By September 7th, the 90th division was stretched across the northern sector on Patton’s Third Army’s left, advancing slowly northeast. As they did so the German defenders made a risky attack in an effort to spoil the allied advance, cutting through Allied lines in a surprise action at the small town of Mairy-Mannville.