In March 1945, Allied forces reached Germany’s last great natural barrier and crossed it in a way no one expected. This film ...

What can civilians do to stop, or at least provide aid to victims of war or genocide? By no means an academic question today, it can be best […] ...

Tens of thousands of Jews and other victims and enemies of the Nazi German regime, my parents and Anne Frank among them, ...

On June 22, 1941, the armed forces of Germany and its allies launched a massive invasion of the Soviet Union. Stretching from ...

As World War II reshaped rural Iowa, German prisoners of war became an essential labor force, and, in some cases, unexpected ...

Transferred late in World War II, Japanese prisoners of war encountered suspicion in southwest Iowa before labor demands ...

Ilana Kantorowicz Shalem is one of the youngest Holocaust survivors. International Holocaust Memorial Day is observed across the world on January 27.

International Holocaust Remembrance Day is observed across the world on Jan. 27, the anniversary of the liberation by Soviet forces of Auschwitz-Birkenau, the most notorious of the Nazi German death ...

Anticipation continues to build ahead of the 2026 World Cup which kicks off across Canada, Mexico and the United States this summer. The tournament begins on Thursday, June 11 and we already know 42 ...

Howard woke up around midnight in a hospital in Cherbourg, France. He was among the lucky ones. On that Christmas Eve in 1944, a German U-boat torpedo killed 763 American soldiers just five miles from ...

Arms makers Rheinmetall RHM-3.40%decrease; red down pointing triangle and KNDS are set to earn billions of euros from an order for 200 tanks from the German military, adding to the windfall the ...

World War II just ended in May 1945. Only a few weeks ago, the last and most intense fighting took place in Berlin. The Red Army surrounded the city and on May 2, the Berlin garrison surrendered. On ...