EDITOR'S NOTE: This "Historically Speaking" column contains the opinions of columnist D. Ray Smith based upon the research and information contained in the book, "Critical Mass: How Nazi Germany ...
During the Second World War, there were multiple people from Allied countries who deserted to the Axis powers. Actually, there are too many to name them all. Some of them ended up working propaganda ...
GRAFENWOEHR, Germany — On April 8, 1945, hundreds of American bombers unleashed a wave of ordnance over this Bavarian village, destroying much of a sprawling military training base and setting ...
Steele is traveling the country aiming to visit the gravesites of all the lost crew members, and recently came to Elmira to ...
Bernard Miller, a POW in Germany for 15 months during World War II, salutes the flag during the Former POW Recognition Luncheon Friday at the Knights of Columbus, Luzerne. Albert M. Schlosser, who is ...
On this date in history: In 1692, Bridget Bishop was found guilty of the practice of witchcraft and hanged in Salem Village in the Massachusetts Bay Colony. She was the first colonist executed during ...
Escaping the festering hostilities in Germany against Jews in the 1930s, Rudy Pins kissed his father goodbye and boarded a train. Then 12 years old, Pins -- bound for a new life in the United States - ...
Large parts of Dresden's Old Town were evacuated on Wednesday as experts sought to defuse an unexploded World War II bomb found during clearance work for a collapsed bridge. Some 17,000 people were ...
Almost every night, you can find a documentary on World War II when flipping through channels on German television. Despite the strong result of the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party with ...