In early 1944, Soviet offensives sealed a pocket around roughly 60,000 German troops at the Dnieper bend in Ukraine. Manstein organized relief efforts, but Hitler refused withdrawal and demanded ...

In July 1944 it became evident it was only a matter of time until Nazi Germany would be defeated. The Allied forces had ...

During World War II, Lt. William D. Pharmer Jr., a prisoner of war held in a German camp, asked that his $100 military allotment check ...

Man tells of pride as lost photos show his grandfather being led to Nazi execution - ‘They went to their deaths with their ...

A new book from an Upstate South Carolina author is taking a closer look at an often-forgotten battle from World War II.

Pecorak, who fought in Italy with the 1st Armored Division, died on March 15, 2024, aged 101. He was laid at Arlington National Cemetery on March 6, 2026.

The Greek Culture Ministry purchased the archive after a private collector attempted to sell the material online. Athens has ...

In June 1940, as France collapsed and Britain faced the prospect of resisting the Nazis alone, Winston Churchill searched for a French leader willing to keep fighting ...

Analytical chemist Friedrich Strassmann played a crucial role in discovering nuclear fission with Otto Hahn and Lise Meitner, but his principled opposition to Nazi ideology nearly destroyed his career ...

Ches Black, 100, was taken to Berlin in Germany due to a shortage of manual labour there - but had no idea he would be working for the dictator.

The younger sister of Christian Dior, Catherine endured brutal torture as a WWII Resistance spy. Her courage and resilience ...