On the 7th of May 1945, the German General Alfred Jodl signed the unconditional surrender of Nazi Germany at the Allied headquarters in Reims, France. It meant the Second World War had come to an end, ...

This is the first part of a two-part article on the debate in Germany surrounding an exhibit on the crimes of the German army (Wehrmacht ) under the Nazis. The second part will be posted Thursday, ...

The core differences between the East German “National People’s Army” (NVA) and the Nazi German Wehrmacht that came before it were doctrinal in nature. Despite having a handful of outward similarities ...

Here’s What You Need to Remember: After the German armies paused for breath in early November, the weather turned colder, freezing the mud and giving Hitler’s troops the solid footing they needed to ...

In Instagram posts, Nazi perpetrators are glorified, while their war crimes and role in the Holocaust are omitted. Victims' organizations call it an "attack on the dignity of the survivors." ...

Here’s What You Need to Remember: Hitler’s hesitation in ordering the attack gave the Russians time to prepare that made it nearly impossible for the Germans to achieve a decisive victory. His losing ...

It was the second week of October when the bombshell came in Spain: Germany is still today paying pensions to the Spanish fascists who fought alongside the Wehrmacht at Stalingrad! As a result of this ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Headshots of young Poles who had to serve in the Wehrmacht are displayed at the 'Our Boys' exhibition in GdanskJacek Lepiarz/DW ...

VIENNA (Reuters Life!) - When Richard Wadani returned home to Austria from Britain in 1946, he was not hailed as a hero who fought the Nazis but branded a coward. Wadani risked his life to desert the ...

This is the second and concluding part of a two-part article on the debate in Germany surrounding an exhibit on the crimes of Hitler’s army (the Wehrmacht). Part one was posted Wednesday, September 19 ...