During the Second World War, there were multiple people from Allied countries who deserted to the Axis powers. Actually, there are too many to name them all. Some of them ended up working propaganda ...

The Fortress of Bir Hakeim served as one of the most important strongholds of the Free French Army against General Erwin ...

A 23-year-old German lieutenant heard a wounded American soldier crying for help in a minefield on Nov. 12, 1944. Lt. Friedrich Lengfeld ordered his men not to shoot any American medics who might try ...

Company of Heroes update 2.2, Scarlet Bison, makes major gameplay and map changes as the Endure and Defy DLC adds four new ...

Keeney died in Sept. 1944 when his plane was shot down in Germany. His remains were discovered in 1991, recovered in 2008, ...

Army historian Peter Knight joins WIRED to answer the internet’s burning questions about World War II. What is the timeline ...

PALM SPRINGS, Calif. (AP) — Udo Kier, the German actor whose icy gaze and strange, scene-stealing screen presence made him a ...

As dawn broke on June 6, 1944, in northern France, the Allies began an invasion in the works for years: D-Day, the start of Operation Overlord that turned the tide against Nazi Germany. Storming the ...

FROM the work of cartographers who first charted the Philippines in the 16 th century to World War II maps used by Japanese or American forces for wartime strategy, Gallery of Prints has remained a ...

Top-secret World War II maps used by Allied troops for the D-Day landings have sold at auction for £23,000 (over $30,000) - after being found in a cardboard box. The collection - giving ...