German film director Andreas Dresen creates a human-sized story rather than a heroic one with his portrayal of anti-Nazi dissents Hilde and Hans Coppi, set during Hilde’s trial for treason in wartime ...

This find, made in May, serendipitously coincided with the 80th anniversary of the end of the Nazi occupation of Breslau in ...

A wartime scrapbook my grandfather kept contains harrowing photographs from the Dachau concentration camp. I think I finally ...

President Donald Trump called D-Day 'not a pleasant day for you,' in a comment that associated German Chancellor Merz with the German forces fending off the Allied invasion.

COLOGNE, Germany — Three unexploded U.S. bombs from World War II were defused Wednesday in Cologne after the German city’s biggest evacuation since the end of the war. More than 20,000 ...

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.

The "Dragon" in question was a captured German Focke Achgelis Fa 223 helicopter, the first of its kind to fly over the English Channel. It landed under a veil of utmost secrecy at Beaulieu ...

A German brigade has started operations in Lithuania, a NATO state that borders part of Russia. It's the first time Germany has put troops in another country on a long-term basis since World War II.

This week marks 80 years since World War II ended, but the search for soldiers' remains continues. The war’s effects are still being felt, and the work to find and identify the dead is not yet ...

The Germans primarily painted spirals on the nosecones of the Messerschmitt Bf 109 and the Focke-Wulf Fw 190, two of the best German fighter planes of WW2.The spirals worked well to promote safety.

World War II aircraft were painted in a wide assortment of colors, from shades of gray to olive drab, blue, and camouflage patterns. British planes were painted Dark Earth, Dark Green, and Night ...

A World War II map appears in a scene of the documentary film "And Now Show that You are One People!" during a screening at U.S. Army Garrison Ansbach, Germany, on April 25, 2025. (Matthew M ...