It only takes the opening notes of the theme tune to 1963 classic film The Great Escape for most people to conjure up images of the lives of prisoners of wars – and their escapes – during World War II ...

A German army officer who helped Jews during World War II and was featured in the Oscar-winning film "The Pianist" was posthumously honored by Israel at a ceremony in Berlin on Friday. By Reuters, The ...

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During World War II, many German officers initially dismissed Dwight D. Eisenhower as a political appointee with little real military talent, especially when compared to commanders they respected as ...

Officials have accounted for the remains of a United States Army soldier from Alabama who was killed during World War II — eight decades after a German officer handed over his identification tags. U.S ...

The bulk of the German Army—the dough feet of the normal infantry divisions—moved on shank's mare. The rifle companies' transport consisted of three-horse wagons, on which the troops loaded their ...

FORT GORDON, Ga. (Nov. 21, 2014) - More than 120 people met Sunday afternoon at a remote cemetery near old gate 2 on Fort Gordon to pay respect and lay wreaths of remembrance to 21 German and one ...