Before VE Day, This Soldier Wrote Home on Hitler's Stationery The Million Letters Campaign seeks to find and preserve at least one million articles of correspondence from every U.S...
Harvey Keitel Stars in a New Adaptation of the Best-Selling Book 'Tattooist of Auschwitz' An upcoming television adaptation might help make up for what the source material lacked when "The Tattooist of Auschwitz"...
Operation Gunnerside: The Daring Norwegian Commando Raid that Ended Nazi Atomic Dreams Without Firing a Shot Neither the United States nor Germany would end up completing an atomic bomb while the war in Europe raged, but the Allies...
This Czech Knight Resisted Nazi Aggression When the World Abandoned His Country Chivalry wasn't dead in 1938 when Nazi tanks rolled into Czechoslovakia. It lived on in at least one man: Josef Menčík, also...
How Did Hitler Die? Among conspiracy theories is the claim that Adolf Hitler did not die in his Berlin bunker but escaped Berlin and found refuge...
Hitler's Aborted Last Stand: WWII's Unexpected Ending The outcome of the war could have turned out differently had Hitler been able to stage a last-ditch defense in the Alps.
'Blitzed': How Drugs Fueled the Rise and Fall of Nazi Germany The German medical community recklessly used an untested drug. The fact that the drug was methamphetamine makes the story all...
The Last World War II U-Boat Commander Has Died at 105 Kapitanleutnant Reinhard Hardegen was one of the few German "Unterseeboot" commanders to survive the war.
Adolf Hitler Definitely Died in WWII, New Research Says Researchers who examined Adolf Hitler's remains say he definitely died in Berlin and not elsewhere, as rumored for decades.
How Marines Took an Airfield in the Philippines in a Show Against China On April 30, three combined littoral reconnaissance teams made up of roughly 30 U.S. and Philippine Marines each, flown by...
Army Eliminates Online Training Requirement for Noncommissioned Officers, Saying It's Too Burdensome The Army has eliminated a significant part of its online training for enlisted troops -- a learning program that has drawn...
For Decades, Recipients Were Honored with Purple Hearts Made During WWII. This Company Now Forges New Medals. For decades, recipients of the Purple Heart were honored with medals that had been forged during World War II, leftover stock...
Air Force Pilot Who Died After Aircraft Ejection Seat Misfire Identified by the Service Capt. John Robertson, an instructor pilot from the 80th Operations Support Squadron at Sheppard Air Force Base, was injured...
Must-Pass Defense Bill Includes 4.5% Military Pay Raise on Top of 15% Increase for Junior Enlisted Troops The recommendation from the House Armed Services Committee in its draft version of the National Defense Authorization Act, or...