To nearly every German soldier it became clear the war had been lost, both in the Wehrmacht and even among some ideological ...

On the 7th of May 1945, the German General Alfred Jodl signed the unconditional surrender of Nazi Germany at the Allied ...

Seventy-five years after the end of World War II, the legend of the innocent Wehrmacht is no more, says historian Hannes Heer. For decades, some Germans considered the SS to be the only war criminals.

World War II (European division) is already more distinct than it was while it was going on. It fell into three stages, each distinguished by the sensations in men’s viscera. Three Stages of Emotion.

Last month, the German army published a document asserting that it bases itself on the tradition of the Wehrmacht, the army of the Nazi regime that massacred and starved tens of millions of civilians ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. In a dimly lit room in the Museum of Gdańsk, visitors are confronted with two-dozen portraits that are lined up ...

Up to 450,000 Poles served in the Wehrmacht, the armed forces of Nazi Germany, during World War II. For years, they were viewed in Poland as traitors. But as an exhibition in Gdansk shows, the truth ...