A small, wooden keepsake box adorned with carvings and the inscription, “Gefangenschaft Amerika 1944,” was donated in late January to the Fort McCoy Public Affairs Office for inclusion in the Fort ...
WWII grenades shaped combat: German Potato Mashers stunned, American Pineapples shredded, and Japanese grenades often failed ...
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 ...
The post-war narrative of the German U-boat efforts follows several stages: the first “Happy Time,” followed by the second “Happy Time,” and then utter destruction by the Allies. In reality, the ...
Werner Hartenstein pulled drowning British troops from the Atlantic Ocean in September 1942. The German U-boat commander was flying Red Cross flags and even radioed for help in English. American ...
Sign up for our newsletter about national security here. The Bendlerblock is an imposing neoclassical building near the center of Berlin—severe and symmetrical ...
Wilbur Jones, a former Navy captain and World War II historian, is one of those people. He says the story of the German ...