KILLEEN — On a sunny Friday, as wind blew gently across Central Texas State Veterans Cemetery, a distinct sound cut through the air, silencing the dozens gathered at the pavilion. The sound was the ...
World War II veterans Benjamin Berry and Jacob Ruser were surrounded by overwhelming German forces at the Battle of the Bulge in the winter of 1944-45. This autumn, just ahead of Veterans Day, they'll ...
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.
Ukraine is finding Nazi bullets, WWII trenches, and the bones of German soldiers on the battlefield, the New York Times reported. Other WWII-era artifacts were found after the Kakhovka dam explosion ...
Amid the industrial warfare of the Second World War, battlefield performance depended on precise logistics and the ability to absorb catastrophic losses. How did America, Germany and the Soviet Union ...
During World War II, German soldiers believed American troops were weak and inexperienced. This film follows how that belief collapsed through combat, from North Africa to Normandy and the final ...
Key point: The USSR went on to inflict a major defeat on Germany during the Moscow counter-offensive during the winter of 1941–1942, closing the door on the Germans ending the war on the terms Hitler ...
Here’s What You Need To Remember: The Sherman wasn’t the best tank, but thanks to efficient American production methods it would be the most prolific. American tanks in World War II were generally ...