Behind the flags propaganda and grand strategies of World War II were ordinary soldiers forming their own hard opinions about ...

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

The body of a German soldier who died in World War II has been found buried in the Netherlands by a person searching through fields with a metal detector. The detectorist found the body in the ...

HALBE, Germany (AP) — In a forest near Berlin, the remains of 107 fallen Wehrmacht soldiers were ceremoniously interred last week. High school students placed white gerbera daisies on small black ...

Slogging through the snow-covered fields of Germany, 20 below zero at night, fired upon relentlessly by the enemy. Hungry, always hungry. Terrified, dodging bombs at every turn, soldiers in World War ...

“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 ...

FARGO — If you ask retired dentist Dr. Maurice Bonemeyer how he is doing, he might tell you about his five children and numerous grandchildren, then say this: "I am without a doubt the richest person ...

For 77 years, the remains of U.S. Army Sgt. Bernard J. Sweeney Jr., a casualty of World War II, went unidentified, including decades in a Belgian cemetery where he was known only by a number: X-2752.