The first day of World War II was barely over when a devastating mistake changed everything. On September 3, 1939, just hours ...

Nicknamed the “Bloody Bucket” by the Germans, the 28th Infantry Division played a major role during the Battle of the Bulge.

Scenes from three cities on a continent on the brink.

From crumbling fortresses and mountain battlefields to rusty gun emplacements and skeletal ships, there are ghostly reminders ...

Then he joined the army at 19 to "defend freedom," before ... Some of their ancestors successively wore the uniform under the German Empire, the Weimar Republic and then the Third Reich.

In November 1914, during the Battle of Cape Sarych, the Yavuz Sultan Selim - formerly the German SMS Goeben - boldly faced a superior Russian fleet amidst treacherous, mine-laden waters in a ...

He was prone to asthma attacks as a child, but his ancestors included several notable warriors, and he came of age when a soldier of the British Empire ... the German Army took the offensive ...

the funds are intended for military capability and infrastructure development. But what strategy is the government really pursuing? The coalition of CDU/CSU and SPD is prepared to burden German ...

While German industry gears up to transform the army, the chancellor-in-waiting is ... revisionist power intent on re-erecting its empire. “It views Russia, therefore, as an actor that can ...

However, its integration into Napoleon’s Continental System negatively impacted its economy, and coupled with the growing military ... united the German people in a common cause and gave rise to the ...

The owner's first reaction was to complain to the Soviet Military Government, which had publicly set itself the task of reviving the German economy. Usually nothing could be done; the dismantling ...