On the morning of December 16, 1944, more than 200,000 German soldiers and about 1,000 tanks launched a surprise attack on ...

Operation Cowboy stands as one of only two documented occasions during World War II when U.S. and Wehrmacht forces fought ...

In order to march on Antwerp, the German Wehrmacht needed to first capture Freyneux—and the US Army stopped it in its tracks.

Eighty years after the lights were plugged into a humming Army generator, the spirit of the “greatest celebration in American ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier speaks to ...

A diplomatic row with Japan over Taiwan has China turning to Britain and France for support, appealing to their shared history as wartime allies. By David Pierson Reporting from Hong Kong China’s ...

Sign up for our newsletter about national security here. The Bendlerblock is an imposing neoclassical building near the center of Berlin—severe and symmetrical ...

In the chaotic aftermath of World War II, we follow the Brno death march, a forced expulsion that drove thousands of ethnic Germans toward the Austrian border under guard and amid brutal revenge. We ...

Coalition agrees on deep overhaul of pensions system in 2026 Hopes move will assuage concerns about new pensions bill Rebels' threat to veto bill sparked worries of coalition crisis BERLIN, Nov 28 ...

BERLIN—A dozen senior German officers convened at a triangle-shaped military compound in Berlin about 2½ years ago to work on a secret plan for a war with Russia. Now they’re racing to implement it.

On the former Eastern Front, a team of detectorists follows the route of retreating German troops and uncovers what they left behind: a Panzerfaust warhead section, heavy Panzer track links from an ...

BERLIN, Nov 26 (Reuters) - Russian President Vladimir Putin must accept he has no option to leave the war in Ukraine successfully, German Chancellor Friedrich Merz said on Wednesday. "We want this war ...