Georgy Zhukov and Ivan Konev: The Race to Berlin
•June 12, 2019 • Be the First to Comment
On orders from Premier Josef Stalin, Red Army Marshals Georgy Zhukov and Ivan Konev raced to capture the Nazi capital of Berlin. More »
•June 12, 2019 • Be the First to Comment
On orders from Premier Josef Stalin, Red Army Marshals Georgy Zhukov and Ivan Konev raced to capture the Nazi capital of Berlin. More »
•May 29, 2019 • Read Comments (3)
Jim White survived the ill-fated attempted Rapido River crossing in Italy and endured 14 months as a prisoner of war. More »
•May 5, 2019 • Be the First to Comment
Loyal to Adolf Hitler to the end, Eva Braun committed suicide with the Führer, and her fragmentary remains were buried with him for 25 years. More »
•January 29, 2019 • Be the First to Comment
After escaping from Germany and Austria, a number of Jews joined the Allied armies to take back their former homelands from the Nazis. More »
•January 27, 2019 • Be the First to Comment
The U.S. 83rd Infantry blazed a trail of courage from the hedgerows of France to the Hürtgen Forest and wars end at the Elbe. More »
•January 22, 2019 • Be the First to Comment
Saxon leader Widukind outsmarted a Frankish force at the Battle of Suntel in 782. Charlemagne made the Saxons pay for their treachery. More »
•January 22, 2019 • Be the First to Comment
General Alvan C. Gillem led the hard-charging XIII Corps across the Rhine into the heart of Nazi Germany. More »
•January 17, 2019 • Be the First to Comment
In April 1945, as the Allies crushed Nazi Germany from all sides, the Reich that Hitler boasted would last for a thousand years was about to expire. More »
•January 6, 2019 • Read Comments (6)
The American M26 Pershing heavy tank arrived too late to dramatically impact the course of World War II. More »
•December 24, 2018 • Be the First to Comment
After General Dwight D. Eisenhower decided against advancing on Berlin, American troops captured Leipzig, Germany’s fifth largest city. More »
