The Third Battle of Kharkov in early 1943 stands as one of WWII’s most stunning displays of German military strategy.

As the year 1943 progressed, a series of attacks centred around Stalingrad in southern Russia, resulted in some of the most ...

Muslims from the Caucasus who joined the Wehrmacht – The 845th German-Arab Infantry Battalion and Its actions in Greece – ...

Whether the remains are of German origin can usually be determined fairly quickly: The lace-up boots of Wehrmacht soldiers, for instance, are often still preserved 78 years after the end of the war.

THE directory of the West German government lists no Defense Ministry. But for four years, the equivalent of a small Defense Ministry has been working in Bonn, hidden discreetly behind the dirty ...

Members of the Wehrmacht, who had joined them in an effort to secure high-value prisoners of war who were kept in the castle. The Battle of Castle Itter took place 80 years ago on May 5, 1945.

The Wehrmacht had already handed over around 25,000 Soviet prisoners of war to the SS for use in concentration camps from autumn 1941. They were to be used in the construction of the “Eastern ...

Created by the Allies 10 years after World War II to help defend Western Europe, the German army was designed to fight as little as possible. Today, Berlin wants to make it 'fit for war,' but the ...