On June 4, 1944, the US Navy captured its first German submarine. Now it's displayed at Chicago's Griffin Museum of Science ...

Army historian Peter Knight joins WIRED to answer the internet’s burning questions about World War II. What is the timeline ...

Troops of the Third Reich fought all over Europe, North Africa, the Atlantic Ocean and the Middle East during the Second ...

In the chaotic aftermath of World War II, we follow the Brno death march, a forced expulsion that drove thousands of ethnic ...

Few World War II topics are as thoroughly researched and hotly debated as Germany. German technological developments were as infamous as they were (generally) effective, thanks in no small part to the ...

Germany and the US built some of the largest aircraft in World War II, although many of their designs were unsuccessful.

“There is a lot of baggage in doing a German impression,” says Dave Fornell, of Elgin, a lead organizer of Rockford World War II Days. “My elevator pitch on why I do German has to do with their ...

Editor’s note: This is the second part of a five-part series on the history of World War II POW camps in Michigan. Part 1 is available to read here. GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — During World War II, ...

When bishops from Poland and Germany gather to commemorate one of Europe's most famous acts of reconciliation, discussion ...