On Wednesday evening, author and historian Antony Beevor described in chilling detail the Battle of the Bulge, the surprise German attack on Dec. 16, 1944, that led to the deaths of some 16,000 ...
The stand at Lanzerath Ridge showed how a tiny American reconnaissance platoon disrupted the opening timetable of Hitler’s ...
During the Battle of the Bulge, American forces defended the key road and rail hub of St. Vith against repeated German ...
Hitler's former adjutant Otto Guensche was captured during the battle of Berlin in April-May 1945 and, while being kept in custody in an investigative prison in Moscow, presented a firsthand account ...
BASTOGNE, Belgium (AP) — Pvt. Arthur Jacobson was seeking cover in the snow behind a tank moving slowly through the wooded hills of Belgium’s Ardennes, German bullets whizzing by. That was when he ...
(Editor’s Note: Read part one of this two-part series here.) In early December 1944, the Allies sent the 101 st Airborne Division—which had been battered in heavy combat almost non-stop since they ...
Still, Hitler believed Germany could turn the tide, and centered on regaining the northern Belgian port of Antwerp with a push through the sparsely populated Ardennes. The 120-mile dash seemed so ...
IT began midsummer 1944 as a dream in the mind of Adolf Hitler. By late autumn, Wehrmacht planners had transformed the dream into battle orders. Hitler proposed to regain the offensive by deploying ...
Pvt. Arthur Jacobson was seeking cover in the snow behind a tank moving slowly through the wooded hills of Belgium's Ardennes, German bullets whizzing by. That was when he lost his best friend and ...