World War II (European division) is already more distinct than it was while it was going on. It fell into three stages, each distinguished by the sensations in men’s viscera. Three Stages of Emotion.

On the 7th of May 1945, the German General Alfred Jodl signed the unconditional surrender of Nazi Germany at the Allied headquarters in Reims, France. It meant the ...

On the coast and in concentrations among northwest Europe’s interlaced highways and railroads, the Wehrmacht was as ready for invasion as it ever would be. Germans could take comfort in the thought ...

On the occasion of the 80th anniversary of the German invasion of the Soviet Union, the German-Russian Museum in Berlin-Karlshorst is showing a small but significant open-air exhibition, “Dimensions ...

Last month, the German army published a document asserting that it bases itself on the tradition of the Wehrmacht, the army of the Nazi regime that massacred and starved tens of millions of civilians ...

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.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Headshots of young Poles who had to serve in the Wehrmacht are displayed at the 'Our Boys' exhibition in GdanskJacek Lepiarz/DW ...

The water level in the Danube has never been this low. The low water level is exposing what lay hidden on the riverbed for decades, including a Wehrmacht motorcycle of the DKW NZ 350-1 type from the ...