The last days of the Second World War were incredibly chaotic. To nearly every German soldier it became clear the war had been lost, both in the Wehrmacht and even among some ideological diehard Waffe ...

The last days of the Second World War were incredibly chaotic. To nearly every German soldier it became clear the war had ...

Here’s What You Need To Remember: Fighting alongside the small American force against the Waffen SS were more than a dozen Wehrmacht (Army) soldiers—making the Battle at Itter Castle possibly the only ...

Here’s What You Need to Remember: Before the Waffen-SS soldiers attacked the castle, Gangl had managed to phone members of the Austrian resistance in Wörgl, explaining the situation. The resistance ...

“There is a lot of baggage in doing a German impression,” says Dave Fornell, of Elgin, a lead organizer of Rockford World War II Days. “My elevator pitch on why I do German has to do with their ...

Soldiers place over U.S. flags at every gravesite as part of work at Arlington National Cemetery, Va., May 27, 2021. (Elizabeth Fraser/Army) MOUNT JOY, Pa. (AP) — Harold Billow, 99, the last known ...