The Iron Cross is one of the most widely recognised military decorations throughout the world. The story behind its origins brings us back to the Napoleonic wars. In 1813, Prussian King Frederick ...

On Feb. 2, 1943, the last remnants of Germany’s 6th Army surrendered in the frozen ruins of Stalingrad. The fighting had lasted more than 200 days and cost an estimated 2 million casualties. It marked ...

After the Allied landings on Normandy and their subsequent trek into the German heartland, the retreating Wehrmacht blew up every bridge across the Rhine River. Every bridge. So imagine the surprise ...

As World War II reshaped rural Iowa, German prisoners of war became an essential labor force, and, in some cases, unexpected ...

"I am an old man who has seen where indifference leads to. And I say this because I believe that — I truly believe — that we ...

Transferred late in World War II, Japanese prisoners of war encountered suspicion in southwest Iowa before labor demands ...

Tens of thousands of Jews and other victims and enemies of the Nazi German regime, my parents and Anne Frank among them, ...

"During World War II, the British dressed a dead body in a Royal Marines uniform and planted letters saying the Allies were going to invade Greece, and that Sicily was just a decoy. It was called ...

India’s nuclear journey traced from Einstein to SHANTI Act 2025, exploring power, policy shifts, privatization, risks, and ...

Top 10: Surprisingly successful planes of World War 2 ...

REDSTONE ARSENAL, Alabama - As the nation observes Four Chaplains Day on Feb. 3, the U.S. Army Chaplain Corps continues to ...

Those findings paved the way for a series of large, on-the-ground surveys conducted between 2024 and 2025. A team of ...