German Pows News Today

German POWs were brought to Virginia beginning in the summer of 1944, and some of those were housed in camps on the Eastern Shore, south Hampton Roads.

To tap into the German PoWs’ greatest dread, Stern pretended to be ‘Commissar Krukow’, an irascible, semi-demented Russian liaison officer

Guy Stern, who has died aged 101, was a German-born member of the Ritchie Boys, an American Military Intelligence interrogation unit, in the Second World War.

The Met Office has issued fresh warnings for snow next month as a result of cold winds from the east and west from February 8 until February 22.

Amanda Mason delves into the dark arts of modern spycraft and subterfuge

Thousands of Germans were held in camps in Britain after the war – and local women who ‘fraternised’ with them scandalised the nation. Could one of these illicit relationships explain the puzzle at the heart of my family tree?

Dale Maple, Harvard graduate and piano prodigy, befriended enemy soldiers after Army isolated him at Fort Meade

Historic Environment Scotland (HES) has recognised Stobs Camp near Hawick as a scheduled monument.

AL Fleming opens a carrier bag and retrieves something you don’t quite expect: a large, heavy, jagged and deeply scarred piece of metal, maybe…

The black and white snaps feature in an album compiled by British Army soldier Private Edward Walsh in Hanover, northern Germany, in October 1945.