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Families of Nazi SS hostages held as bargaining chips in WWII say lessons from the war still resonate
German army soldiers not wanting to end up as criminals of war wrested the political prisoners from the SS and took them to ...
British Army soldiers dress in Nazi uniforms days before Remembrance Sunday
Two British Army soldiers are being investigated after dressing up in SS uniforms days before Remembrance Sunday. The ...
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‘I would do it again’: Battle of the Bulge veterans recount their actions in one of WWII’s bloodiest fights
With the 80th anniversary of the Battle of the Bulge a month away, Army veterans Harry Miller and Frank Cohn will take center ...
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German Soldiers
Britain hired close to 30,000 German soldiers, many from the principality of Hesse-Cassel, to augment its forces in America. Infantry troops and elite fusilier units participated in almost every ...
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Hell of the 1943 Battle of Stalingrad revealed in German soldiers' letters sent as Russian troops closed in amid failure of Hitler's invasion
The letters provide unprecedented insight into the thoughts and emotions of German soldiers during the horrifying battle in the face of inevitable defeat. More than 100,000 German and Axis ...