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

The Brandenburgers were members of the special forces unit serving Nazi Germany during the Second World War. During the second world war, the Wehrmacht and ss overtook large parts of Europe in record ...

HALBE, Germany (AP) — In a forest near Berlin, the remains of 107 fallen Wehrmacht soldiers were ceremoniously interred last week. High school students placed white gerbera daisies on small black ...

80 years ago, on May 5, 1945, the strangest fight in World War II took place. American soldiers and Wehrmacht troops teamed up to fight the SS. By Nicholas Slayton Published May 5, 2025 12:31 PM EDT ...

“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 ...

The U.S. Army Rangers of World War II were brand new in the summer of 1942. Though the “Ranger” name had roots in America’s colonial wars, the modern battalions were created in Britain at the urging ...

American soldiers and German troops fought Waffen-SS units together in Czechoslovakia on April 28, 1945. The mission was to rescue some of Europe's rarest horses before the Soviet Red Army arrived.