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

For three weeks in April 2025, my “Theology of Christian Martyrdom” class studied how a group of German students and ...

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In the chaos of the Battle of the Bulge, German command launched one of the most daring deception operations of the war. Disguised in U.S. uniforms, speaking perfect English, and driving American ...

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

Espinoza served as an ammunition carrier and sharpshooter during World War II. Although he was drafted by war, he was driven by hope. “I made up my mind there that I would get a better job and I ...

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 ...

an area that witnessed significant battles during World War II. While he was not formally invited, he was greeted cordially by attendees. The Seelow Heights battle resulted in the loss of ...

"I didn't look like anyone in the family." Spire is among the post-war children from the French-occupied part of Germany who had German mothers and French soldiers as fathers. About 1,500 of them ...

If it wasn't for the Arolsen Archives, half-sisters Sula Miller and Helen Schaller would never have met. American Miller and German Schaller only recently discovered they had the same father ...

Joining up at the start of the war, London-born Mr Barnes went on to serve for 23 years and said sinking a German U-boat was ... Almost 80 years since the end of WW2, Mr Barnes, who moved to ...

Conservative and center-left parties reached a deal to form a new German government on Wednesday ... brings together what have been post-World War II Germany’s traditional big parties, but ...