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 »

Budapest’s Hadtorteneti Museum chronicles nearly two centuries of Hungary’s military heritage.   More »

German forces overran Yugoslavia rapidly in the Spring of 1941.   More »

In early 1945, Soviet Marshal Ivan Konev executed a stunning offensive against the Germancs in the Vistula-Oder area.   More »

Erich Hartmann amassed a remarkable tally of 352 aerial victories during World War II.   More »

Evidence suggest that the Allies were aware of the infamous Nazi death camp and might have curbed the killing with a precision bombing strike.   More »

Leon Tulper, a Jewish American soldier in the 65th Infantry, recalls the final days of the war in Europe and the liberation of concentration camps.   More »

Hitler’s elite bodyguard and other SS units were transformed during the Polish campaign into real fighting men and became responsible for atrocities.   More »

The versatile, quick-firing M60 machine gun became one of the iconic weapons of the Vietnam War.   More »

During the Greco-Italian War, Benito Mussolini’s fascist army hungered for an easy conquest in Greece, but got more than it bargained for.   More »