World War II (European division) is already more distinct than it was while it was going on. It fell into three stages, each distinguished by the sensations in men’s viscera. Three Stages of Emotion.

The last days of the Second World War were incredibly chaotic. To nearly every German soldier it became clear the war had ...

On the coast and in concentrations among northwest Europe’s interlaced highways and railroads, the Wehrmacht was as ready for invasion as it ever would be. Germans could take comfort in the thought ...

Italian Forces and the T-34 During Operation Barbarossa, Italian troops fought alongside the German Wehrmacht and ...

HE military plight of Adolf Hitler’s Third Reich threatens the Germans with disaster by the end of the coming spring. Collapse may occur earlier if, as seems certain, the blows rocking Nazi defenses ...

Key point: More than armies count in war. In May 1940, the German Wehrmacht launched a lightning attack into France and within weeks destroyed the combined French and British armies. The rapid defeat ...