German soldier Alfred Liskow, who defected to the Soviets shortly before the launch of Operation Barbarossa, was warmly welcomed. However, his unexpected conflict with the Soviet leadership cost ...

Tonight's programme, Greatest Escapes of WWII: Hitler's last soldier in America who defied the FBI for 40 years, recounts his wife Jean's memory of her husband's admission.

U.S. Army Pvt. James G. Loterbaugh of Roseville, Ohio, killed in World War II, was accounted for on Sept. 20, 2024. Loterbaugh was born on March 25, 1909 Hocking, Athens, Ohio, and was killed in ...

Created by the Allies 10 years after World War II to help defend Western Europe, the German army was designed to fight as little as possible. Today, Berlin wants to make it 'fit for war,' but the ...

German Chancellor Merz came to the White House on June 5. Trump said D-Day was "not a pleasant day" for Germany. It was crucial for Nazi defeat.

BERLIN — Some 20,500 people were evacuated on Wednesday from the city of Cologne, in western Germany, as explosives experts prepared to defuse three unexploded World War II bombs found during ...

A German submarine torpedoed the S.S. Pennsylvania Sun on July 15, 1942, destroying 107,500 barrels of U.S. Navy fuel oil. Public domain via Wikimedia Commons Early on June 29, 1942, the 8,032-ton ...

We are all familiar with the Nazi practices of sending Jews to concentration camps, carrying out mass executions and ...

On June 4, 1944, the last of German occupiers fled Rome ahead of the advancing U.S. 9th Army.

German construction sites have regularly unearthed unexploded World War II ordnance. In Frankfurt, the discovery of a 1.4-tonne bomb in 2017 led to the removal of 65,000 people, the biggest such ...

The raid on Termoli was followed by fierce fighting with German troops from the 16th Panzer Division. ... The knife wielded by real-life SAS Rogue Heroes soldier against Hitler's troops in WWII.