History is filled with tales of underdogs prevailing against seemingly daunting forces. Smaller armies trying their best to ...

In the summer of 1943, the German Wehrmacht and the Soviet Red Army clashed in the Battle of Kursk—the largest tank battle in ...

Seventy Five years ago this week the strangest battle of World War II was fought in the Austrian Alps. The engagement, the Battle for Castle Itter, was so unbelievable that it could easily be a film.

The Battle of the Bulge was the Third Reich grasping at its final straws, according to Jared Frederick, assistant teaching professor of history at Penn State Altoona. “It was very much a gamble when ...

80 years ago, on May 5, 1945, the strangest fight in World War II took place. American soldiers and Wehrmacht troops teamed up to fight the SS. By Nicholas Slayton Published May 5, 2025 12:31 PM EDT ...

Seventy-five years after the end of World War II, the legend of the innocent Wehrmacht is no more, says historian Hannes Heer. For decades, some Germans considered the SS to be the only war criminals.

Eighty years ago, the surrender of Nazi Germany's Sixth Army marked the end of the Battle of Stalingrad. Today, Russia uses commemoration events for its campaign against Ukraine and reinterprets ...

In order to march on Antwerp, the German Wehrmacht needed to first capture Freyneux—and the US Army stopped it in its tracks.

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 ...