it seemed as if the Second World War was all but over. On Dec. 16, with the onset of winter, the German army launched a counteroffensive that was intended to cut through the Allied forces in a ...

As an "Ungediente" - a civilian without prior military service - his rifle training is part of a Bundeswehr programme designed to prepare Germans to support the army. The programme, launched in ...

BRUECK, Germany – Holding a rifle at a training range in a pine forest near Berlin, 23-year-old student Hannes was already anticipating the odd sense of disconnection he would feel upon ...

Pfc. Roland Bragg served as a paratrooper in the 17th Airborne Division that fought in Belgium during the Battle of the Bulge.