Following the Allied retreat from Dunkirk in 1940, Hitler feared a future return to continental Europe. His answer was the Atlantic Wall—a fortified coastline lined with bunkers, artillery, and mines.

AND NOBODY HAS TO KNOW WHO YOU ARE. WELL, POLICE IN AURORA, NEBRASKA, INVESTIGATE TWO HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS WHO WERE SEEN POSING WITH A NAZI FLAG. THE PHOTO WAS TAKEN INSIDE A HIGH SCHOOL LOCKER ...

Allied forces drove the German army out of Naples in 1943. Dealing with the wreckage left behind was a battle all its own.

Photo Illustration: JJ Lin KAISERSLAUTERN, Germany—Driving toward the German village of Ramstein-Miesenbach feels like entering a twilight zone. It is no longer Germany, but it isn’t quite ...

As much of the rest of the country moved to isolate themselves and stay at home, these midwives checked in to work -- birth does not halt for pandemics. With looming Idlib crisis, what can we ...

Bonhoeffer scholars and relatives warn the German pastor is being transformed by varied sources — filmmakers, Metaxas’ writings and statements, and essays from conservative scholars evoking ...

Hoyer interweaves the experiences of ordinary East German citizens to illustrate what daily life was like under communist ...

The blades up for auction include a bronze dagger belonging to Luftwaffe chief Hermann Göring, one of the most powerful men in Nazi Germany. A photo survives showing it on his waist, with its ...

The government will freeze $2 billion in funds because the university refused to comply with its demands. Harvard leaders believed saying no was worth the risk. 7 min read Trump Threatens Harvard ...

The White House said Monday it was reviewing how the editor-in-chief of The Atlantic magazine was accidentally added to a group text in which people who appeared to be members of President Donald ...

Karelina was exchanged for Arthur Petrov, a dual Russian-German citizen who was being held ... Her trial was held in the same court in Yekaterinburg where Wall Street Journal reporter Evan ...