On March 7, 1945, American forces crossed into Germany, making their first breakthrough into the heartland. Discover the dramatic story behind this historic event that changed the course of the war.

Near the village of Douvres, he twice crawled across a minefield to gain intelligence on a German radar station, leading to its capture and the surrender of 150 enemy soldiers. In March 1945 ...

Itka Zygmuntowicz (1926–2020), Survivor of Auschwitz Birkenau German Nazi Concentration and Death Camp (1940–1945) RG-50.030*0435, Oral history interview with Itka Zygmuntowicz, (1926-2020).

The 80th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz by Soviet troops is being marked on Monday at the site of the former ...

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.

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 ...

ISBN: 978-0-4512-3008-9 . The Allied bomber offensive against Nazi Germany remains one of the most controversial campaigns of the Second World War. It certainly was one of the most costly. By May of ...

Monday marks Holocaust Remembrance Day, a time to honor the six million Jewish victims of the genocide in Nazi Germany ...