Hans Luther was the principled and respected president of the Reichsbank—but he wouldn’t accede to Hitler’s demands.

Discover how Allied forces and brilliant women analysts uncovered and delayed Hitler’s V2 rocket program, saving countless ...

As Soviet divisions closed in on Kharkov, German forces faced collapse. SS General Hausser made a fateful decision to withdraw, defying direct orders from Hitler. What followed was a harrowing ...

At Arracourt, U.S. Shermans and M18 Hellcats held the line against elite German armor. This was one of the most lopsided tank victories of the war.

As Operation Barbarossa stormed east, Hitler expected full Finnish support to crush Leningrad. But Marshal Mannerheim had ...

Adolf Hitler saw Leningrad not just as a military target, but as a symbol of communism that had to be destroyed. This episode ...

As the war collapsed around them, Germany looked to suicide missions. The result: a cockpit-welded V-1 bomb piloted by ...

In the icy forests of Belgium, Hitler’s elite SS Leibstandarte faced off against Patton’s Third Army in one of WWII’s most ...

On May 10th, 1940, Hitler unleashed his elite SS troops into the Netherlands with orders to break through without mercy. As Kurt Meyer’s stormtroopers charged into De Popper, the Dutch defenders were ...

Between brutal training drills and live-fire exercises, a new class of warrior was being shaped for political warfare.

The first naval battle of World War II unfolded not in European waters, but in the South Atlantic off the coasts of Argentina ...