On October 12, 1944, Nazi forces withdrew from Athens, ending the occupation. The city celebrated its liberation, marking a ...

In July 1944 it became evident it was only a matter of time until Nazi Germany would be defeated. The Allied forces had landed on Normandy during D-Day and the Soviets were slowly penetrating Eastern ...

At the beginning of 1944 six divisions of the German Army Group South, some 56,000 men, were encircled by the Russian Army.

The far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party has topped a nationwide opinion poll. Meanwhile, Kenyan athletes won both the men's and women's races at the Berlin Marathon. DW has the latest from ...

Robert Philpot is a writer and journalist. He is the former editor of Progress magazine and the author of “Margaret Thatcher: The Honorary Jew.” LONDON — It is a story of courage and resistance, as ...

The German government passed a proposal to encourage military service, as it looks to bolster troop numbers. Meanwhile, protesters blocked a military recruitment ...

The heartwarming story of a British war hero who adopted a puppy after his German owner was killed on D-Day and cared for him for the rest of his life can be revealed. Trooper Donald Wakefield ...

Six miles outside Stolp, Germany, 1944. Gus Pederson was a Prisoner of War in an Arbeitskommando (work camp) near the Baltic Sea, close enough to Danzig to hear American bombs falling on the city.

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German soldiers operating Leopard 2A7 main battle tanks are shown during a military exercise at the military training area in Munster, northern Germany, in 2017. (Patrik Stollarz/AFP via Getty Images) ...