When Allied troops landed on the beaches in Normandy, France in 1944, the objective was simple: Shut down the German threat so the U.S. could focus on the Pacific one. Allied intelligence knew that ...

Dead bodies shielded him as the Nazis killed 643 people in Oradour-sur-Glane. He spent his life keeping the memory of the slaughter alive. By Neil Genzlinger Robert Hébras, who, shielded under dead ...

In “Paris 1944,” Patrick Bishop tells the story of the German occupation during World War II, with equal attention to French resisters and collaborators. Adolf Hitler with the architect Albert Speer, ...