Emil Schumacher, “Bombing Raid on a City” (“Bombenangriff auf eine Stadt”) (1946), woodcut, 30 × 42.7 cm (11 13/16 × 16 13/16 in.) (courtesy of Emil ...

The May 1943 secret operation by Britain's Bomber Command to destroy several German dams located in its industrial heartland, the Ruhr Area, was a groundbreaking mission. Not just because of the risk ...

FOR at least ten years after this war all belligerents, victors as well as vanquished, will be so weakened from loss of life, blood, and wealth that a large-scale reopening of hostilities is unlikely.

In the spring of 1943, after the disaster at Stalingrad, Germany appeared to be on the brink of collapse in the East. Then came Manstein’s counteroffensive at Kharkov. Through rapid maneuver and ...

The 1943 Battles of the Ruhr and Hamburg realized heavy destruction of German industrial resources but only at a steadily rising loss ratio caused primarily by Luftwaffe Night Fighters. With the ...

In this provocative documentary series blackandwhite images culled from private archives and German newsreel footage replay the events of World War II as seen through the eyes of the German citizenry ...