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 ...

Installation view Inventur—Art in Germany, 1943–55 at the Harvard Art Museums (all installation images courtesy of the Harvard Art Museums) Installation view Inventur—Art in Germany, 1943–55 at the ...

Between 1940 and 1945, Allied forces dropped more than 2.7 million tons of bombs on Europe, producing enough energy to leave a mark at the edge of earth's atmosphere. About half of that was dropped on ...

A P-38 Lighting takes off from an English base, Dec. 3, 1942. Lt. William W. Shank was flying a similar aircraft when he was shot down over Germany in 1943. (AP Photo) HARRISONBURG, Va. — The U.S.

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.

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 ...

1943: The Battle of Kursk begins. It features the largest tank engagement in history. In purely military terms, it's the most decisive battle of the European war. After Kursk, the defeat of Nazi ...

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 ...