The 101st Airborne Division’s defense of Bastogne against Hitler's Ardennes Offensive is legendary. Combine history with high ...

A new book by Alex Kershaw, “Patton’s Prayer: A True Story of Courage, Faith, and Victory in World War II,” is timely ...

Have I gotten into the Christmas eggnog too heavily and too early? The title of this piece might well make you think so. But no, I’m completely sober as I write these words. I have scant use for ...

It started with a vicious ripple of cannon at 5.30am on a wintry morning. No inch of the 80-mile Allied front was spared. The date was December 16, 1944 and the mighty Nazi army was embarking on ...

The Christmas season includes the anniversary of the Battle of the Bulge, the largest land battle fought by the United States. The battle is remembered as “hell on Earth.” On Dec. 16, 1944 ...

The last major German offensive in Europe erupted in the Ardennes Forest 80 years ago when Hitler’s army attacked the U.S. Army in what proved to be one of the bloodiest months during World War II.

Ukrainian soldiers have fought for three years without proper rotations, pushing the limits of human endurance. Their experiences cannot be compared to any NATO war; the only real parallels are the ...

December 2024 marks the 80th anniversary of the beginning of one of the most pivotal battles of World War II - the Battle of the Bulge. The battle occurred in the Ardennes Forest region of ...

Ten days before Christmas 1944, the Nebraskans of North Platte Col. Butler Miltonberger’s 134th Infantry Regiment were finally in Nazi Germany. Another North Platte man, Lt. Col. Dan Craig, had ...

Christmas includes the anniversary of the Battle of the Bulge, the largest land battle fought by the United States. The battle was hell on earth. On Dec. 16, 1944, Nazi Germany launched an ...

Even today, heroes such as Herbert Giesen are quite matter-of-fact when they talk about their experiences in World War II. What they have seen and the scars they carry eight decades later are ...