Behind the flags propaganda and grand strategies of World War II were ordinary soldiers forming their own hard opinions about ...
Slogging through the snow-covered fields of Germany, 20 below zero at night, fired upon relentlessly by the enemy. Hungry, always hungry. Terrified, dodging bombs at every turn, soldiers in World War ...
During the bloody battle for Hurtgen Forest in late 1944, a 23-year-old German lieutenant heard a wounded American soldier crying for help in a minefield. Lt. Friedrich Lengfeld ordered his men not to ...
HALBE, Germany (AP) — In a forest near Berlin, the remains of 107 fallen Wehrmacht soldiers were ceremoniously interred last week. High school students placed white gerbera daisies on small black ...
Berlin, the epicenter of Adolf Hitler's power, was the ultimate prize as the Allies closed in from east and west on the disintegrating German defenses in the final stage of World War II. The final ...