Unburying the Remains of the Third Reich
As the German right ascends, the nation is still grappling with its fascist past — and how to handle its remains.
Russian communists want Stalingrad back
The people “will understand” its significance if the city of Volgograd reverts to its WWII-era name, Gennady Zyuganov has ...
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution2d
Georgia Power engineer retiring after 70 years on job, often underground
Seventy years later, “Mr. Network” is retiring as a principal engineer for the utility. Most people don’t hold the same job that long. Many don’t live that long. On Friday, Georgia Power will honor ...
The Heritage Foundation3d
Next Steps for Germany’s National Security Zeitenwende
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz declared in 2022 that Germany was undertaking a societal and political sea change on national security matters. The word he used for this sea change in thinking, ...
Stars and Stripes5d
At 101, American WWII veteran returns to Polish forest where he was once POW
Lester Schrenk, a former U.S. Army Air Forces B-17 gunner who was shot down over Denmark in February 1944, spent about half ...
Defense One5d
The D Brief: Green light for ‘F-47’; 2nd destroyer sent to border; Mapping China’s Taiwan threat; US envoy parrots Kremlin; And a bit more.
Boeing beat out Lockheed Martin, its only rival for the contract after Northrop Grumman dropped out last year. Lockheed, which designed the U.S. military’s two fifth-gen fighter jets, now has no piece ...
Soldiers sail across the Rhine to mark 80th anniversary of the invasion of Germany
The March 1945 crossings, by Patton and Montgomery's forces, gave the Allies beachheads with which to invade Germany.
EL PAÍS English7d
The drums of war are beating louder in eastern Germany: ‘Here, we still remember what Germany owes to Russia’
Wünsdorf, a town nicknamed ‘Little Moscow’ during the Cold War because of its gigantic Soviet base, reflects the strong ...
In Germany, ‘Orphaned’ by U.S., Shock Gives Way to Action
No country in Europe is as much a product of enlightened postwar American diplomacy. Now adrift, it has begun to reckon with ...
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Germany's huge spending package passes final hurdle in upper house
And he labelled the massive infrastructure spending a new "German Marshall Plan", referring to the American post-World War II effort to rebuild western Europe. Soeder said Germany would undertake long ...
Stars and Stripes10d
80 years ago, Patton’s Army rolled into what is now the largest US military community overseas
George Patton’s Third Army faced little resistance as it advanced through southwest Germany into a small industrial city ...
The Beaumont Enterprise10d
Crimea has been a battleground and a playground. Why it's coveted by both Russia and Ukraine
Russia's illegal annexation of Crimea was recognized internationally only by countries such as North Korea and Sudan. In Russia, it touched off a wave of patriotism, and “Krym nash!” — or “Crimea is ...