A view of the German Bundestag in the early morning. Friedrich Merz is set to be elected Germany's new chancellor on Tuesday, as his new administration takes office hoping to restore the country's ...
As the Soviet war machine closed in on the heart of Nazi Germany, the Eastern Front descended into chaos. Hitler’s last defenses were stretched thin, with exhausted Wehrmacht and Waffen-SS units ...
A veteran holds a white rose during a Service of Thanksgiving at Westminster Abbey on V-E Day in London on Thursday. (Jordan Pettitt/Pool photo via AP) LONDON — Even if the end of World War II in ...
LONDON (AP) — Even if the end of World War II in Europe spawned one of the most joyous days the continent ever lived, Thursday’s 80th anniversary of V-E Day is haunted as much by the specter of ...
The commemorations marking the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II in Europe are taking place amidst the resurgence of global war and fascism. When the commanders-in-chief of the German armed ...
Thousands of European volunteers who had joined the Waffen SS found themselves abandoned, surrounded, and left with nowhere ...
Sign up for Forwarding the News, our essential morning briefing with trusted, nonpartisan news and analysis, curated by Senior Writer Benyamin Cohen. Eighty years on ...
Tens of thousands were evacuated from a German city Wednesday after the discovery of three unexploded bombs in the city center left over from WWII. The operation in Cologne, located in western Germany ...