Nazi Germany’s leadership during World War II made decisions that stunned the world - some brilliantly calculated, others ...

Bernard Law Montgomery was born in November 1887 in London. In 1907, he entered the Royal Military Academy at Sandhurst and was commissioned a lieutenant of infantry. During World War I, he served ...

The USS Borie landed on the German submarine U-405's foredeck during World War II, locking the ships together for an incredibly fraught 10 minutes of what would become an hourlong engagement ...

Nicholas Stargardt's new book fills in gaps about what ordinary Germans knew – and when – during the years from 1939 to 1945.

One Christian corporal work of mercy, to bury the dead, is perhaps nowhere more challenging—and challenged—than when it comes to the remains of German soldiers killed during World War II.

The Germans primarily painted spirals on the nosecones of the Messerschmitt Bf 109 and the Focke-Wulf Fw 190, two of the best German fighter planes of WW2.The spirals worked well to promote safety.

On This Day: German occupiers flee Rome during WWII On June 4, 1944, the last of German occupiers fled Rome ahead of the advancing U.S. 9th Army.