The released British prisoner climbed in the desert heat with a note in his hand. The hot place he had reached was Bir Hachéim, a four-mile-square, mine-necklaced plateau in the Libyan desert. The ...

For the British it was utter, humiliating defeat. Tobruk, the same battle-scarred port that last year held out for eight months against Axis besiegers, succumbed to one day’s attack. Tobruk fell ...

The last time Raymond Atkinson was here, he was nearly killed by a German dive-bomber while his unit almost finished off a certain Erwin Rommel and caused the enemy such jitters that they unnerved ...

Here’s What You Need to Remember: The British were likely aware that some ships of supplies had gotten through, but never imagined that their enemy could recover so quickly and launch an effective ...

Sir, It is highly unlikely that present-day Nazis would want to erect a statue commemorating Field Marshal Erwin Rommel (“Past battles should not inflame present disputes”, editorial, August 19).

CAIRO, Oct. 26, 1942 (UP) - Allied troops swarming through widening gaps in the north, central and south sectors of the Egyptian front, have captured 1,450 Axis prisoners, routed Nazi tanks in the ...

Here’s What You Need to Remember: Rommel demonstrated how superior leadership can sometimes overcome even material disadvantage. All other things being equal, leadership will trump opponents who might ...

The renewed debate in the United States about monuments to historical figures associated with the Confederacy is part of the larger debate about the role of racism in this country. Voices // 5 years ...