On Dec. 5, 2025, German Chancellor Friedrich Merz reached a significant milestone in his bid to build “Europe’s strongest ...

As church bells chime and peal the New Year, historians say the looting of more than 150,000 bells during World War II left ...

A German mother sheltered three lost American soldiers during the Battle of the Bulge—and did the same for German soldiers hours later.

Operation Cowboy stands as one of only two documented occasions during World War II when U.S. and Wehrmacht forces fought ...

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

Sign up for our newsletter about national security here. The Bendlerblock is an imposing neoclassical building near the center of Berlin—severe and symmetrical ...

Japan occupied all or part of over 20 countries during World War II. The U.S. and its allies liberated many of the Pacific Islands in hard-fought naval and amphibious battles before ending the war ...

Plaques commemorating African American soldiers fighting against Nazi Germany in Europe have been removed from a U.S. military cemetery in the Netherlands. Approximately 1 million African American ...

Nearly one million African American soldiers fought in Europe during World War II. Now, plaques at a memorial site honoring the sacrifice of African American soldiers in the Netherlands have been ...

When Germany opened its doors to refugees escaping war in the Middle East, more people arrived from Syria than any other country – finding homes, getting jobs, starting families. A question mark now ...

Recovered painting ‘Lato’ (Summer) by Danish artist Bertha Wegmann – Photo by Magdalena Lorek for National Museum in Wrocław (MNWr) /Muzeum Narodowe we Wrocławiu (cropped) A gorgeous 20th century ...