In September 1943, as Nazi paratroopers and SS commandos were rescuing the deposed fascist dictator Benito Mussolini from his mountaintop prison in Italy, elsewhere in Europe Italian soldiers were ...

Eighty years ago, on Feb. 19, 1942, President Franklin Roosevelt issued Executive Order 9066, establishing internment camps during World War II. Many today retroactively cite this as an example of ...

FORT GEORGE G. MEADE, Md. – Fort George G. Meade held a joint wreath-laying ceremony Sunday, November 19, 2023, alongside representatives from Germany and Italy in honor of the two Italian and 33 ...

In World War II, Germany’s main allies formed the core of the Axis Powers—Italy and Japan—bound together by the Tripartite Pact of 1940. Italy joined with ambitions in the Mediterranean and North ...

This post may contain links from our sponsors and affiliates, and Flywheel Publishing may receive compensation for actions taken through them. Ever since the days of the Roman Empire, European ...

The annual German-Italian memorial ceremony at McClellan was canceled. – Veterans Affairs officials now require background checks for any foreign dignitaries. – Ceremony organizers rejected the checks ...

At the northern end of Griffith Park, the Travel Town Museum showcases old trains and locomotives. Few people are aware that a much darker history lives on this spot, where Japanese, German and ...

Germany filed an application Friday to bring proceedings at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) against Italy for continuing to allow victims of Nazi war crimes to claim compensation from Germany ...

Off the southern tip of Sicily, divers discovered the remains of a WWII plane and were able to reconstruct its mission. Screengrab from the Soprintendenza Del Mare's Facebook post On March 2, 1943, a ...

This post may contain links from our sponsors and affiliates, and Flywheel Publishing may receive compensation for actions taken through them. Germany tried twice in the 20th century to conquer Europe ...