To make D-Day a success, the Allies thought they might have to break through formidable German defences. One unconventional idea was a "giant firework".

Built to smash through Hitler’s defenses, the Panjandrum was a rocket-powered wheel of chaos. What sounded brilliant on paper turned into one of WWII’s strangest failures.

Adolf Hitler was a master of manufacturing public-security crises to advance his authoritarian agenda. He used inflammatory ...

Adolf Hitler called it the "Atlantic Wall", and there are still many traces of it, littering beaches from the Bay of Biscay to the sub-Arctic fjords.

Protecting the coast was Hitler’s formidable Atlantic Wall. Each beach presented unique challenges, from steep cliffs to heavily fortified bunkers bristling with machine guns, artillery, and mines.

It never was a sure thing penetrating Hitler’s “Atlantic Wall.” The weather that day crossing the English Channel was harsh.

A new documentary is examining evidence to suggest German forces lined up slave workers and shot them for entertainment in Alderney's prison camps. | ITV News Channel ...

A British actor, Sir Alec Guinness, helped land a troop plane on the doorstep of Hitler’s Atlantic Wall. Efrem Zimbalist Jr. led a platoon into combat at Utah Beach. They pushed into France during ...

It never was a sure thing penetrating Hitler’s “Atlantic Wall.” The weather that day crossing the English Channel was harsh.