Everything seemed to tilt in the Luftwaffe’s favor on July 5, 1943, the opening day of World War II’s Battle of Kursk.
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This German Plane Was Clumsy and Slow—But Somehow Earned a Rep as a ‘Tank Buster’
During the interwar period, Germany began developing a ground-attack airplane to take on well-defended troops and armor, bucking post-WWI wisdom
The White Rose Revisited: How These Brave Young Germans Used Culture to Fight Hitler
By invoking German culture in their leaflets, the White Rose resistance group posed a truly serious threat to the Nazi regime
This German Aristocrat Beat a 12-Year Prison Sentence As a Nazi War Criminal
Alexander von Falkenhausen led Turks against the British, Chinese Nationalists against the Japanese, and conspired in Adolf Hitler’s assassination
The Battle of the Bulge: Nazi Germany’s Last Gasp
The Battle of the Bulge is arguably the greatest — and largest — battle in American military history.
These German Soldiers Inspired Washington Irving’s Sleepy Hollow
Hessians earned a scary reputation in America – inspiring the “Headless Horseman” of Sleepy Hollow. But history shows these German soldiers were not so intimidating
Colin Powell, 84, Dies of COVID-19 Complications
The former Secretary of State and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs was 84 years old.
Colin Powell: The Vietnam War Years
Colin Powell’s military prowess showed early in his experiences in Vietnam and would shape the leadership abilities that would later catapult his career.
‘Battle of the Beams’: Germany’s Invisible Secret Weapon That Could Have Devastated Britain
Physicist R.V. Jones helped foil the Luftwaffe’s sophisticated radio navigation system.
Last Gasp at Granville: The Daring German Attack on Allied-Occupied France
In 1945 a German raiding force from the Channel Islands launched a daring attack on a port in Allied-occupied France