The remains of a Massachusetts airman whose aircraft was shot down over Germany during World War II have been identified, and ...

U.S. Army Air Forces Staff Sgt. Loring E. Lord was 28 and served as a gunner aboard an A-26B “Invader” on a bombing mission ...

Six years after it started, World War II ended in 1945 with Nazi Germany surrendering in May and its leaders going on trial ...

Six years after it started, World War II ended in 1945 with Nazi Germany surrendering in May and its leaders going on trial for war crimes in November.

A German Opel Blitz truck heads west through the Czech town of Poděbrady in early May 1945 to escape from the advancing ...

The German people had suffered terribly during both the First World War and the Depression and a huge part of the Nazis’ appeal was that they promised to make Germany’s economy strong again.

Neutralizing the “Hard Centre of German Militarism”: U.S. Military Government and the Wehrmacht’s Elite Officers, 1945–1948 This is the metadata section. Skip to content viewer section. See, for ...

The book concludes by showing the ease with which many of the perpetrators filtered back into German society after 1945. 'Indictment is brilliantly combined with memorial … he restores personality to ...

Frank Gillard reports on VE Day from the war torn city of Kassell, Germany. 1945: VE Day: Frank Gillard in Germany. Video, 00:03:091945: VE Day: Frank Gillard in Germany Up Next. 1945: VE Day ...

It highlights historical events in Germany between 1945 and 1989, the Wende years 1989 and 1990, and the first half of the 1990s. With the help of the material, students deepen their knowledge and ...

The Big Three - Winston Churchill, Franklin Roosevelt and Joseph Stalin In February 1945, three men met in a holiday resort to decide the fate of the world. Nazi Germany was on its knees.