Blitzkrieg! The aptly named Lightning War. Nazi leader Adolf Hitler and his generals knew that Germany could ill-afford another static war of attrition like that fought in the trenches of the Great ...

The streets of Berlin were devastated beyond recognition in some areas as 33-year-old photographer William Vandivert was led to the location of the former German chancellery buildings. Just days ...

Even after the German armies capitulated in World War II, a fanatic Wehrmacht general, commanding a force of last-ditch Nazis, held out against the Russians in a Bohemian mountain redoubt.

More than 25,000 people died during the Allied firebombing of the city of Dresden, Germany, from February 13 to 15, ...

It was a day of major diplomacy and policy statements from the Trump administration about the war in Ukraine. Amna Nawaz has two perspectives on the developments from Evelyn Farkas, executive director ...

Republican firebrand believes there were ‘two shooters’ and promises ‘transparency’ to reveal ‘federal secrets’ ...

German intelligence took note of Finnish tactics as the Wehrmacht quietly prepared for ... German document give the views of the Finnish general staff on Russian snipers, the general principles ...

Friedenskanzler, i.e. Chancellor of Peace. If we tell you that's what Hitler was called before he started the Second World War, you won't believe your ears. And yet it's true, because the image of ...

General George Patton also carried an 1873 ... This was the service pistol of the Wehrmacht—the unified armed forces of Nazi German—at the beginning of World War II. Though not as famous ...

SQUINTER had words with Naomi Long this week. It’s not the first time and probably won’t be the last. Squinter enjoys the ...

As alert Wings readers will know, we’re fond of a WW2 analogy from time to time. The conflict is so extensively documented, ...