After the Allied landings on Normandy and their subsequent trek into the German heartland, the retreating Wehrmacht blew up ...
Medizinhistorisches Journal, Bd. 49, H. 1/2, Themenheft: Medizingeschichte in Deutschland nach 1945 (2014), pp. 77-117 (41 pages) The article traces the development of the history of medicine as an ...
On February 22 and 23 of 1945, Allied formations consisting of about 3,500 heavy bombers and 5,000 fighter/bomber aircraft rained hell all over Germany. The 15th and 8th US Air Forces, along with the ...
2007-03-17T12:00:50-04:00https://images.c-span.org/Files/17a/196223-m.jpgJorg Friedrich talked about his book, The Fire: The Bombing of Germany, 1940-1945, published ...
In early June 1945, not long after the German surrender at Reims ended the Second World War in Europe, LIFE magazine published an article titled, “The Battered Face of Germany.” Featuring photos made ...
Post-war Germany has been seen as a model of 'transitional justice' in action, where the prosecution of Nazis, most prominently in the Nuremberg Trials, helped promote a transition to democracy.
This Friday marks the 75th anniversary of May 8 1945, also known as Victory in Europe Day. VE Day marks the end of Second World War that had ravaged Europe for almost six years, claiming an estimated ...
On May 7, 1945, AP Paris bureau chief Edward Kennedy broke one of the biggest stories of that century: the unconditional surrender of Germany to the Allies at a former schoolhouse in Reims, France.