Germany’s largest book chain Thalia is in expansive mode. Apart from a state-of-the-art logistics centre that will open in ...

In 1965, about 3,500 U.S. Marines landed in Da Nang, South Vietnam. It was the first deployment of a large U.S. ground combat unit to the country, marking the United States's official entry in the ...

In 1921, after Germany failed to make its first war reparation payment, French troops occupied Dusseldorf and other towns on the Ruhr River in Germany's industrial heartland. In 1943, Allied ...

David Crisafulli’s plans for the 2032 Brisbane Olympics are vastly different, and likely to be far more expensive, than the ...

Behind his brash exterior, Patton was a brilliant tactician who could even intimidate Adolf Hitler. Leading the 3rd Army, he ...

In February, the 3rd Armored Division continued to fight into Germany at the Roer River, Rhine River, and captured the city of Cologne in March. They later moved into Paderorn, the Ruhr Pocket, the ...

Century Boat Company employees in Manistee read news accounts of the Allied crossing the Rhine into the Ruhr 80 years ago.