Following the Allies' invasion of Normandy and the subsequent expulsion of German forces from France and Belgium in the summer and fall of 1944, Hitler devised an all-out offensive to retake the ...

The Battle of Kursk was a catastrophic defeat for Germany; the Wehrmacht suffered around 200,000 casualties and lost nearly 700 tanks and 1,000 aircraft. These losses were irreplaceable.

Donald Rose, who died yesterday at 110, was born on Christmas Eve in 1914 and was just 25 when he signed up to fight on the ...

Chronology of the war at sea, 1939-1945 : the naval history of World War II by Rohwer, Jürgen Publication date 2005 Topics World War, 1939-1945 -- Naval operations -- Chronology Publisher Annapolis, ...

The U.S. Navy’s WWII-era Alaska-class ships were unique and powerful warships, essentially a hybrid of a battlecruiser and a ...