A 23-year-old German lieutenant heard a wounded American soldier crying for help in a minefield on Nov. 12, 1944. Lt.
This film tells the story of the P-38 Lightning, the radical American fighter Germany initially dismissed. It follows the ...
Patrolling the dangerous waters of the Gulf of Aden, the F126 frigate stands as the German Navy’s largest surface warship ...
Every country that participated in the World War II air war had more than a few types of airplanes, but their design schemes could be distinguished throughout the conflict. The Americans liked to ...
Few World War II topics are as thoroughly researched and hotly debated as Germany. German technological developments were as infamous as they were (generally) effective, thanks in no small part to the ...
Dozens of German warships that sank during World War II have resurfaced in the Danube River near Prahovo, Serbia. The vessels — exposed due to the river’s low water levels — were among hundreds of ...
As Europe continues to experience a record heat wave that one top scientist said could signal its worst drought in 500 years, receding water levels along the continent's massive Danube River have ...
OMAHA BEACH, France — The invasion that helped change the course of World War II approaches its 79th anniversary. As veterans and world dignitaries commemorate this, here are some details about what ...
The German U-boat U-853 sank the last U.S. merchant ship sunk in WWII. Historian Tim Gray speculates that German U-boats may have entered Narragansett Bay before the U.S. officially entered WWII.
“There is a lot of baggage in doing a German impression,” says Dave Fornell, of Elgin, a lead organizer of Rockford World War II Days. “My elevator pitch on why I do German has to do with their ...
Work on a nature restoration project in Belgium unearthed multiple bunkers, trenches and other structures built there by the German army during World War II, officials announced this week. The ...
Most historians and scholars agree, the proximate start of the Second World War is Hitler's invasion of Poland on September ...