Facing collapse on two fronts, Nazi Germany launched a desperate surprise offensive through the Ardennes in December 1944. What followed was the largest and bloodiest battle fought by American forces ...

The Second Schleswig War of 1864 was a pivotal conflict that ignited the flames of unity and reshaped Europe's destiny.

The headlong pursuit by the Allied armies had all but wiped the Germans from the soil of France. They still held out desperately in the ports, determined to hamstring Allied supply to the bitter end.

FILE - A view taken from a Cub artillery observation plane on July 10, 1945, shows vast areas of destruction in Berlin, after repeated Anglo-American air raids on the German capital. Seen on the left, ...

The United Nations as usual had their ears to the ground, hoping to hear shocks and tremors from the direction of Germany. The straining ears heard things which gave satisfaction. The Brüsseler ...

A year ago, Russian President Vladimir Putin held a lavish gala concert to commemorate the 80th anniversary of the Battle of Kursk, which saw the Soviet army drive out Nazi Germany's forces, hailing ...

Eight decades ago, U.S. Army soldiers raised the American flag in the center of Nuremberg. They stood atop a bunker adorned with Nazi symbols, now in the hands of Allied forces after five days of ...

On May 23, 1941, the Battleship Bismarck was on a roll. The largest and most powerful ship in the German Navy, the mighty Bismarck had broken out into the Atlantic Ocean, sunk a Royal Navy ...

When war broke out in September 1939, none of the combatants were prepared to fight in the way that they wanted. The British lacked the heavy bombers that interwar doctrine suggested that would be ...