To judge by their memoirs, German generals led sheltered lives ... one slight qualm about the Nazis in the years before World War II. That was in 1938, when the army’s Chief of Staff Werner ...

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The spirals on the noses of German fighter planes in World War II weren't a fashion statement. They had some very practical ...

You might expect a warplane to be pained in drab, neutral colors that fade into the background. But that's not what Germany ...

Recognized instantly by its handle design, the Stielhandgranate became one of the most iconic German weapons of World War II.

A new film details the intervention of six American GIs who risked their lives 80 years ago to save Rothenburg ob der Tauber ...

The U.S. Army’s 90th Infantry Division arrived at Flossenbürg concentration camp in Germany on April 23, 1945. Hundreds ...

Inside a German WW2 Tank Destroyer with Historian James Holland' James Holland investigates the mighty 'Jagdpanther', a German tank destroyer of WWII. The German Jagdpanther armoured vehicle was ...

Germany will not invite Russia's ambassador to its main commemoration marking the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II, German media reported Thursday. The parliament removed Russian ...

The Elbe Day picture captured American and Russian armies uniting against the Nazis — and cemented two Jewish soldiers in ...

Around an hour later, the explosive ordnance disposal unit detonated the bomb, which turned out to be a Second World War German naval artillery shell, measuring at 7.5cm. A spokesman for the ...