The last days of the Second World War were incredibly chaotic. To nearly every German soldier it became clear the war had ...

On the 7th of May 1945, the German General Alfred Jodl signed the unconditional surrender of Nazi Germany at the Allied ...

Here’s What You Need to Remember: Hitler’s hesitation in ordering the attack gave the Russians time to prepare that made it nearly impossible for the Germans to achieve a decisive victory. His losing ...

On the occasion of the 80th anniversary of the German invasion of the Soviet Union, the German-Russian Museum in Berlin-Karlshorst is showing a small but significant open-air exhibition, “Dimensions ...

Last month, the German army published a document asserting that it bases itself on the tradition of the Wehrmacht, the army of the Nazi regime that massacred and starved tens of millions of civilians ...

Here’s What You Need to Remember: Though Germany eventually lost World War II and France again ended up on the victorious side, the leadership traits demonstrated before and during the battle in 1940 ...

On this date in 1945, German Gen. Alfred Jodl surrendered the Wehrmacht’s forces in Europe to Lt. Gen. Walter Bedell Smith, chief of staff for General Dwight D. Eisenhower. The ceremony took place in ...

Seventy Five years ago this week the strangest battle of World War II was fought in the Austrian Alps. The engagement, the Battle for Castle Itter, was so unbelievable that it could easily be a film.

Elisabeth Vincken had listened to artillery fire for eight straight days before someone knocked on her cottage door on Christmas Eve in 1944. She opened it to find three lost American soldiers, one ...

"THE OWI AIMS AT FRITZ" LONDON - The German Army, target of the "German Wehrmacht Hour" beamed out by ABSIE (American Broadcasting Station in Europe) is getting its first taste of OWI-supplied live ...