Seventy-five years after the end of World War II, the legend of the innocent Wehrmacht is no more, says historian Hannes Heer. For decades, some Germans considered the SS to be the only war criminals.

On the 7th of May 1945, the German General Alfred Jodl signed the unconditional surrender of Nazi Germany at the Allied ...

See, for example, H-3018, 5 Jun 1943, in Dokumente zur Deutschlandpolitik, 27 vols. to date (Frankfurt am Main: Alfred Metzner Verlag, 1961–), series 1, vol. 4, p ...

One of WWII’s most bizarre and unexpected battles took place at Castle Itter in May 1945. In this dramatic clash, American troops and Wehrmacht soldiers—former enemies—fought side by side against the ...

On May 8, 1945, the unconditional surrender of the German Wehrmacht took effect, yet, peace did not come about right away across the country. To many Germans, it was not a day of liberation. "The war ...

Although his only works that have appeared in English are on the Eastern Front, such as The Unknown Eastern Front: The Wehrmacht and Hitler's Foreign Soldiers and Enemy in the East: Hitler's Secret ...

Article link: https://www.foreignaffairs.com/reviews/capsule-review/1955-07-01/die-hoheren-dienststellen-der-deutschen-wehrmacht-1933-1945https://www.foreignaffairs ...

Between 1939 and 1945 more than 17,000 Catholic German priests and seminarians were conscripted into Hitler’s Wehrmacht. Men who had devoted their lives to God found themselves advancing the cause of ...

In German Ground Forces of World War II, the authors provide a useful reference guide in English to the composition, operations, and commanders of the higher echelons of German ground forces – ...