Battered and bedeviled, the German salient in the Ardennes shrank, squirmed, changed shape. Allied counterblows from three directions forced Field Marshal Gerd von Rundstedt to make a decision. He ...
BAD NAUHEIM, Germany, Aug. 12 — Two thousand pounds of TNT crumbled the swank, 225-foot-long underground hall of former Nazi Field Marshal Gerd von Rundstedt's wartime headquarters into a smoldering ...
One of the most extraordinary obscurities of World War II is Germany’s team of top field generals. They have conquered most of Europe, but very few people could have been blamed for not recognizing ...
From Guderian’s respect for their discipline to von Rundstedt’s contempt for their favoritism, Germany’s generals held sharply divided views on the Waffen-SS. Some saw elite warriors, others saw ...
Most of the German high-command are not committed National Socialists. So what were like and why did they still serve the Nazi regime? Volcano erupts for first time in 12,000 years: "Like a sudden ...