More than 100 SS troops appeared out of the woods that morning. Despite the state of the German military, they had plenty of ...

In one of the most astonishing moments of World War II, former enemies united to fight a common foe. At Castle Itter, German soldiers, American troops, and French prisoners joined forces to defend ...

As a US soldier, George Leitmann, now 99, helped liberate Germany from National Socialism. Eighty years after World War II ended, he is sounding a warning against the return of fascism.

Eighty years ago, on May 3, 1945, as Europe stood in hope and prayer for the end of World War II ... German ships Cap Arcona, Thielbek, and Athen. Officially, the boats were identified as military ...

Halbe, Germany — In a forest near Berlin, the remains of 107 fallen Wehrmacht soldiers were ceremoniously interred last week.

After World War II, Operation Paperclip quietly recruited German scientists to work on its most advanced weapons and space programs—including some who had been active in the Third Reich.

Hundreds of villagers and relatives of fallen soldiers watched silently, some wiping tears off their cheeks, as the soldiers who died in one of the last large battles of World War II fighting for ...