After the policy forbidding German Jews from serving in the U.S. military was changed during World War II, Pins joined the Army and was going through basic training, believing he would be sent ...

Professor Sönke Neitzel used secret transcripts of German prisoners of war to create a unique portrait of the mindset of soldiers during WWII. For many decades after the end of World War II (WWII), a ...

L/Cpl Herbert Alan Young, 23, served with the King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry before he died ... The Netherlands was occupied by the German army in May 1940 and the town of Venray was ...

As part of World War II’s strategy to liberate Italy from the Nazis, the Allies sent an invasion force of 36,000 troops with ...

Three regiments of 42nd Infantry Division soldiers ... Infantry Division Combat History of WWII." Facing the Americans were elements of a German tank division, a paratroop division and an infantry ...

A Meadville resident who fought in the Battle of the Bulge, the last major German offensive of World War II, marked his 100th birthday Sunday. John Robb celebrated the century mark with his wife, ...

Quentin Jelsing of Rugby had just turned 18 when he decided to enlist to fight in World War II. His son, Terry Jelsing, said ...

Mahoney, 19, a U.S. Army private from ... Infantry Regiment, 45th Infantry Division in the European Theater during World War II. Just before midnight on Dec. 31, 1944, German forces launched ...