Coasties Braved Withering German Fire to Put Troops Ashore on D-Day. ... They had over 50-pound backpacks and were trying to hold their rifles over their heads all while being under heavy fire.

BERLIN, June 14, 1940 (UP) - Germany, with her troops clattering down the Champs Elysee in Paris and smashing ahead on all French fronts, asserted tonight that the total military collapse of ...

Lithuanian leaders have hailed a “historic event” as Germany began deploying troops in the Baltic country — a NATO member — the first time since World War II that German forces will be ...

Germany has started deploying troops to NATO ally Lithuania, with the country's defence minister calling it an "important step". It is the first time since World War II that German soldiers are ...

German air force tornado planes parked on the tarmac in Labrador in 2005. German soldiers have been back to train in the Big Land for the last decade or so, says German army commander Col. John Bauer.