A 23-year-old Canadian sniper wearing an eye patch walked into the Dutch city of Zwolle just after midnight on April 14, 1945 ...

Lt. Jack Taylor of the Office of Strategic Services (the precursor to the CIA) is one of many victims of the Holocaust whose ...

Eighty years after a traffic accident in postwar Germany fatally injured Gen. George S. Patton Jr., a small group gathered at ...

The life of a former Spitfire pilot who disappeared during a night-time flight 50 years ago has been recalled in a new collection of music. Peter Gibbs shot down German V1 flying bombs when he served ...

A 23-year-old German lieutenant heard a wounded American soldier crying for help in a minefield on Nov. 12, 1944. Lt.

At first, disarmament was imposed on Germany. American and Russian forces seized weapons depots, sealed off factories, and ...

This video continues the story of Italy’s collapse in the final years of World War II. It examines the Allied advance up the Italian peninsula, the fierce battles at Monte Cassino and the Gothic Line, ...

On a visit to Syria, Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul commented on the difficult living conditions people face amid the postwar reality. The context of the comments seemed to jar with his party's ...

Exploring the Modern Art and Politics in Germany 1910–1945 exhibition at the Albuquerque Museum. The Modern Art and Politics in Germany 1910–1945 exhibition at the Albuquerque Museum, reveals how ...

A tiny island on the River Maas in the Netherlands defended by a small force of stubborn German paratroopers proved a thorn in the side for the Allies in the winter of 1944/45. Polish forces were ...

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COLOGNE, Germany — Three unexploded U.S. bombs from World War II were defused on Wednesday in Cologne after the German city’s biggest evacuation since the end of the war. More than 20,000 residents ...