Army 1st Lt. Jack Treadwell single-handedly took out six German pillboxes and captured 18 enemy soldiers during World War II.

During the opening hours of the Battle of the Bulge, a small American Intelligence and Reconnaissance (I&R) platoon found itself in the path of 500 elite German Fallschirmjäger. Outnumbered nearly 23 ...

To this day, there is only one American-built monument located in any German military cemetery and it stems from a rare act ...

Arthur Crossland Jr. was killed fighting German forces during WWII. On March 14, 2025, the Columbia native received a proper ...

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“Walking in their footsteps, it strikes me that on that night 80 years ago, the Soldiers of the 10th Mountain Division faced ...

John McManus, a World War II historian, looks at war scenes from ... He discusses the realism of the weapons and strategies used by the American and German troops, including the fictional Capt.

An American expatriate named Ray Rivington Powers was put in charge of the German subsidiary. He was a charismatic figure and an excellent salesman who would often promise potential clients that ...

Halvorson was also present when the German forces surrendered to the American ... favorite stories from Halvorson’s service during WWII was the great lengths he and other soldiers went to ...

The Nazi war on "un-German" individual expression had begun. As early as two weeks before, American organizations like the American Jewish Congress knew of the planned book burnings and launched ...

During World War II German propaganda emphasized the ... to have an uncomfortably noticeable effect on the German people. Anglo-American leaflets are now no longer carelessly thrown aside but ...