In order to march on Antwerp, the German Wehrmacht needed to first capture Freyneux—and the US Army stopped it in its tracks.

Seventy-five years after the end of World War II, the legend of the innocent Wehrmacht is no more, says historian Hannes Heer. For decades, some Germans considered the SS to be the only war criminals.

On the 7th of May 1945, the German General Alfred Jodl signed the unconditional surrender of Nazi Germany at the Allied ...

On this date in 1945, German Gen. Alfred Jodl surrendered the Wehrmacht’s forces in Europe to Lt. Gen. Walter Bedell Smith, chief of staff for General Dwight D. Eisenhower. The ceremony took place in ...

On the occasion of the 80th anniversary of the German invasion of the Soviet Union, the German-Russian Museum in Berlin-Karlshorst is showing a small but significant open-air exhibition, “Dimensions ...

To nearly every German soldier it became clear the war had been lost, both in the Wehrmacht and even among some ideological diehard Waffen-SS. Europe was filled with large groups of refugees, ...

Here’s What You Need to Remember: Though Germany eventually lost World War II and France again ended up on the victorious side, the leadership traits demonstrated before and during the battle in 1940 ...

Seventy Five years ago this week the strangest battle of World War II was fought in the Austrian Alps. The engagement, the Battle for Castle Itter, was so unbelievable that it could easily be a film.

The Germans managed their surrender with a skill which will plague the victors for years to come. No Wehrmacht campaign was ever planned to deadlier purpose, executed with greater cunning. The Mission ...

"THE OWI AIMS AT FRITZ" LONDON - The German Army, target of the "German Wehrmacht Hour" beamed out by ABSIE (American Broadcasting Station in Europe) is getting its first taste of OWI-supplied live ...