This WWII soldier knocked out 6 German pillboxes and took 18 prisoners by himself
Army 1st Lt. Jack Treadwell single-handedly took out six German pillboxes and captured 18 enemy soldiers during World War II.
In Germany, ‘Orphaned’ by U.S., Shock Gives Way to Action
No country in Europe is as much a product of enlightened postwar American diplomacy. Now adrift, it has begun to reckon with ...
Germany's new leader plans a huge boost in defense spending, but can he deliver?
Under pressure from Trump and with Russia menacing, Germany's incoming leader plans to revamp the country's defense posture.
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Why Were Germany’s Blitzkrieg Tactics So Effective in WWII?
French historian Marc Bloch witnessed the swift invasion of France by the Wehrmacht. He noted the Germans’ “embarrassing ...
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Treaty of Versailles: How Germany's defeat paved the way for World War II
The Treaty of Versailles, which was signed on 28 June 1919, was intended to bring peace following World War I — but instead ...
Germany’s rearmament programme: Christian Democrats and Social Democrats declare war on the working class
Even though it is financed by loans, the costs will fall on the working class—in the form of wage cuts, social cuts, the ...
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The P-51 Mustang and the man who won the World War II air war with it
It was thanks to former WWI pilot Tommy Hitchcock that the P-51 entered U.S service — and changed the skies over Europe ...
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Dutch Fokker D.VII Fighter Looted During WWII to Be Returned
Eight decades after a Dutch Fokker D.VII Fighter was looted by Nazis, the World War I-era fighter biplane is set to return to ...
Photographing the Final Days of World War II in Germany
Archival images from the last weeks of World War II, taken by an American Army combat photographer during a push across eastern France into southern Germany ...
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The P-51 Mustang and the man who won the World War II air war with it
Chevalier/Air Force) Conceived by a German émigré who had once ... representing the costliest mistake made by the Army Air Forces in World War II.” Yet, thanks in large part to Hitchcock ...