To nearly every German soldier it became clear the war had been lost, both in the Wehrmacht and even among some ideological diehard Waffen-SS. Europe was filled with large groups of refugees, ...

In December 1944, during the final months of World War 2, a small American reconnaissance platoon stood directly in the path ...

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 ...