A small number of RAF bombers carried out one of the most daring and significant air operations of World War II.   More »

An aerial armada of over 1,000 B-17s made the Eight Air Force’s February 3, 1945, attack the war’s biggest bombing mission on the German capital.   More »

Nazi camp guard Irma Grese, who reveled in the torture and murder of internees, was, at 22, the youngest war criminal hanged.   More »

As World War II turned against Hitler, he became desperate to develop weapons that might turn the tide. Some of the technologically advanced systems proved to be devastating.   More »

During 1944-1945, the Volkssturm, or People’s Militia, was designed to promote “a violent burst of fanatic rage against the invaders” and thus salvage victory.   More »

Hitler did all in his power to create an impenetrable “Fortress Europa” and prevent an Allied invasion, but it wasn’t enough.   More »

Four years before Operation Barossa, Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union duked it out at the Paris World Exposition.   More »

“Where there is muck, one gets dirty,” asserted Hitler’s chief architect and arms czar, Albert Speer.   More »

A plane crash claimed the life of Hitler’s minister of armaments, paving the way for the appointment of Albert Speer.   More »

A disillusioned prosecutor looks back at court proceedings that gained world attention.   More »