The Berlin Wall inspired David Bowie’s song Heroes (1977), with its poignant lyrics about two lovers, divided by the wall, ...

With great empathy for the Soviet people, the German-American historian Jochen Hellbeck deliberately opposes the efforts to ...

Union Berlin and Eintracht Frankfurt are still looking for a first win of 2026. Two goals in the last six minutes left them ...

Hacksaw Ridge is a 2016 biographical war film directed by Mel Gibson, and starring Andrew Garfield as Desmond Doss, an ...

In the spring of 1945, we follow the Red Army as it advances relentlessly into the heart of Berlin, fighting across rivers, ...

On Feb. 2, 1943, the last remnants of Germany’s 6th Army surrendered in the frozen ruins of Stalingrad. The fighting had lasted more than 200 days and cost an estimated 2 million casualties. It marked ...

By far the **best American fighter** in operational service in 1939, and by far the **shiniest aircraft** on this list, the * ...

James Megellas, a highly decorated WWII veteran who graduated from Ripon College, served with distinction in the 82nd Airborne Division. Learn about his heroic actions and legacy.

International Holocaust Remembrance Day is observed across each year on Jan. 27, the anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau, the most notorious of the Nazi German death camps. The U.N.

Anton Hummler was held in the Gestapo headquarters at the former Hotel Silber, an imposing, ornate early 19th century structure on Dorotheenstrasse 10 in Stuttgart. “From that time on, my life and my ...

One of the most devastating wars in human history, World War II, had it ended differently, would have left the world’s landscape looking far different today. Thankfully, even with dozens of countries ...

Join Dan Snow and acclaimed military historian Sir Antony Beevor for a gripping account of the Battle of Berlin, the final, bloody chapter of WWII in Europe. Beevor, author of 'Berlin: The Downfall ...