Last month, the German army published a document asserting that it bases itself on the tradition of the Wehrmacht, the army of the Nazi regime that massacred and starved tens of millions of civilians ...

In a recent interview with Tageszeitung (taz), right-wing military historian Sönke Neitzel openly rehabilitates Hitler’s Army, the Wehrmacht, and its criminal traditions. Under the headline “As a ...

Most Germans today will acknowledge the wartime atrocities of Hitler’s Waffen SS units, but insist that the regular Wehrmacht army soldiers fought and behaved honorably. A new documentary says ...

The last days of the Second World War were incredibly chaotic. To nearly every German soldier it became clear the war had been lost, both in the Wehrmacht and even among some ideological diehard ...

BERLIN (AFP) — Germany’s defense minister announced reforms Wednesday to rid the armed forces of links with the Nazi-era Wehrmacht, responding to a scandal around a far-right attack plot within the ...

The German army has been rocked by widening revelations about far-right sympathizers in its ranks and a lingering devotion to the Nazi-era Wehrmacht. So how does the Bundeswehr deal with its history?

The Wehrmacht - or defence force - was Nazi Germany's army from 1935 to 1945 The Austrian capital Vienna has announced plans to erect a memorial in honour of soldiers who deserted from Adolf Hitler's ...

When Hitler invaded Poland, he was confident that Britain and France would continue their policy of appeasement and broker a peace deal. Bradley Lightbody considers his gross miscalculation and how it ...