During World War II, many German officers initially dismissed Dwight D. Eisenhower as a political appointee with little real military talent, especially when compared to commanders they respected as ...

“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 ...

After writing two columns about World War II prisoners of war connected to prominent Tennesseans, Carolyn Krause decided to include this additional information about prisoner of war camps in Tennessee ...

A group of POWs staged a sit-down strike at local processing plants. One POW, Heinz Golze, escaped from camps five times. Young women working alongside POWs were said to be "very familiar" with them.

The Brandenburgers were members of the special forces unit serving Nazi Germany during the Second World War. During the ...