In March 1945, as the Soviet hammer closed in, Hitler gambled everything on one final, desperate counteroffensive in Hungary. This was the moment the Third Reich unleashed its most feared weapon: ...

In the final days of April 1945, the Soviet Red Army launched a relentless assault on Berlin, culminating in the fierce battle for the Reichstag. Amidst this chaos, Adolf Hitler, ensconced in his ...

The Battle of the Bulge - the final major German offensive of WWII and sometimes known as Hitler last's gamble - lasted from Dec. 16, 1944, to Jan. 28, 1945. Fought in France and Belgium, it was the ...

Growing up on a farm in north-central Kansas, Jim Sharp thought he had seen his share of cold weather. That was before he spent the winter of 1944-45 living in a foxhole in the middle of the Ardennes ...