In the summer of 1944, the imminent defeat of Nazi Germany was coming closer every day, although the Germans were willing to ...

In February 1942, the men of the newly formed British 2nd Parachute Battalion went into action for the first time. In one of the most daring raids of the war, they seized and brought back to England ...

On Feb. 2, 1943, the last remnants of Germany’s 6th Army surrendered in the frozen ruins of Stalingrad. The fighting had lasted more than 200 days and cost an estimated 2 million casualties. It marked ...

From Whitehall to Washington, from Estonia to Taiwan, military powers large and small are escalating their preparations for a ...