How Erwin Rommel Has Been Lost in Translation
Rommel’s writings reveal not only his approach to tactics, but also his ethical principles in war.
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Rommel’s writings reveal not only his approach to tactics, but also his ethical principles in war.
Hundreds gather to commemorate US convoy that led to German surrender
The Nazis’ ferocious final strike in WWII (PHOTOS) Getty Images Despite Soviet troops in the spring of 1945 being just a few dozen miles from Berlin, Hitler decided to concentrate his main strike force somewhere else entirely. On the morning of March 6, 1945, after a massive artillery bombardment, an avalanche of German tanks and infantry came crashing down on the Soviet positions in the region of Lakes Balaton and Velence and the Drava River in Hungary. This was the start of Operation Spring Awakening, which turned out to be the last major German offensive of WWII. Getty ...