When the Germans surrendered in May 1945, ending World War Two in Europe, most of the soldiers stationed in Jersey were shipped away to prison camps in Britain. They left behind countless objects as a ...

“There is a lot of baggage in doing a German impression,” says Dave Fornell, of Elgin, a lead organizer of Rockford World War II Days. “My elevator pitch on why I do German has to do with their ...

A newly uncovered German officer's interrogation from the end of the Battle of Stalingrad exposes the chaos inside the Wehrmacht. Discover how the disastrous Soviet winter campaign crushed Hitler's ...

Major Robert Swenson USAFR (Retired), of Bellevue, will be awarded the Bronze Star medal on Aug. 10 for his actions in the last major airborne operation of World War II in Europe. The award will be ...

An 86-year-old former commander of a Nazi-backed unit suspected in the World War II massacres of Slovak civilians, including Jews, has been arrested at his home in Munich, prosecutors said Monday. The ...