The last days of the Second World War were incredibly chaotic. To nearly every German soldier it became clear the war had ...

Seventy Five years ago this week the strangest battle of World War II was fought in the Austrian Alps. The engagement, the Battle for Castle Itter, was so unbelievable that it could easily be a film.

Seventy-five years after the end of World War II, the legend of the innocent Wehrmacht is no more, says historian Hannes Heer. For decades, some Germans considered the SS to be the only war criminals.

The Battle of the Bulge was the Third Reich grasping at its final straws, according to Jared Frederick, assistant teaching professor of history at Penn State Altoona. “It was very much a gamble when ...

Here’s What You Need to Remember: After the German armies paused for breath in early November, the weather turned colder, freezing the mud and giving Hitler’s troops the solid footing they needed to ...