An official report on the state of the German military painted a grim picture ... including increasing the number of soldiers. Some have called for restoring the general conscription for males ...

Uldis Kurzemnieks believed he would take his lie to the grave – his life had depended on it. For decades, he told the same story of how he survived the Second World War as a boy, but his niece ...

Eight decades after American soldiers sailed across the Rhine under gunfire to break through German defenses, U.S. soldiers gathered again at the banks of the river, joining veterans and German ...

The metal detectorist found shards of the daggers back in 2017, gaining the attention of archaeologists and researchers. Photo by Stade District / Christian Schmidt In a cornfield in northern ...

The toys portray soldiers ... German composition and wood French Napoleonic Cavalry, which went for £10,912 to a US collector. Other notable sales included a mechanical shepherdess toy fetching ...

As evidence of the improvement, Högl said that the German navy’s elite diving force Eckernförde “finally have their diving practice hall” after 13 years of waiting for it. Soldiers had ...

A toy panda that was stabbed by German soldiers in Sark in World War Two, will be part of an exhibition marking the 80th anniversary of the islands' liberation from occupation. Maisie Le Page has ...

More than 400 German toys dating from the 19th Century have sold at auction ... He died in 2023 aged 81. The auctioneer's toy expert, Daniel Agnew said described them as "a little disturbing" and said ...

Approximately 40 Soldiers from across the nation travelled to Fort McCoy, Wisconsin, to compete in the 2022 U.S. Best Squad Competition from May 14-21, 2022. The 2022 BSC is an annual competition ...

In the midst of the Second World War, he was separated from his family and taken in by a group of soldiers as one of their own. He was made a member of Hitler's army – a toy soldier with his own ...

The sprawling collection features thousands upon thousands of items, including miniature figurines, artifacts, model trucks ...