One of WWII’s most bizarre and unexpected battles took place at Castle Itter in May 1945. In this dramatic clash, American ...

More than 20,000 residents evacuated a German city after three U.S. WWII bombs were discovered in Cologne, requiring hours of careful diffusion work before people could return to their homes.

As artwork goes, it's stunning — a giant tapestry of a blond, blue-eyed hunter holding a spear, a falcon perched on his arm, a fox sneaking behind his feet and a stag immediately behind him. Oak ...

UP to 20,000 people have been forced to evacuate a historic German city after three unexploded WW2 bombs were found. Large parts of Cologne’s city centre, including hospitals, care … ...

BERLIN — Some 20,500 people were evacuated on Wednesday from the city of Cologne, in western Germany, as explosives experts prepared to defuse three unexploded World War II bombs found during ...

Finding bombs from WW2 is not unusual in German cities such as Cologne and Berlin, but these bombs were particularly large. Image source, Reuters. Image caption, ...

Facing determined German troops, soldiers of the U.S. Army's 2nd Ranger Battalion scaled this height at a high cost in men in ...

On June 4, 1944, the last of German occupiers fled Rome ahead of the advancing U.S. 9th Army.

We are all familiar with the Nazi practices of sending Jews to concentration camps, carrying out mass executions and ...

COLOGNE, Germany (AP) — Three unexploded U.S. bombs from World War II were defused on Wednesday in Cologne after the German city’s biggest evacuation since the end of the war.

How German WW2 Technology Helped Seed the World’s Greatest Advancements. Many WW2-era German innovations have helped shape our modern world. Updated: Jun 05, 2025 05:22 AM EST ...

A German court has ruled that prisoners can legally possess cannabis, as prison cells qualify as a ‘habitual residence’ under the country’s cannabis law.