Jorg Friedrich talked about his book, [The Fire: The Bombing of Germany, 1940-1945], published by Columbia University Press. The Allied bombing of Germany during World War II resulted in 600,000 ...

World War II was filled with pivotal moments, but few “what if” scenarios are as fascinating as the possibility of Germany ...

On the 7th September, 1940 Germany started bombing civilian targets in an attempt to get Britain to surrender into submission. German bombers attacked British cities, ports and industrial areas ...

AFTER six months of war the riddle is still the same: Can the Allies defeat Nazi Germany by their blockade, or can she become self-supporting in safety behind the Siegfried Line? Strategists and ...

Germany has endeavored in her internal reconstruction in recent years to establish a true and lasting social and economic peace, because we are convinced that only peace will bring prosperity ...

On May 10, 1940, Germany invades Belgium, the Netherlands and France using its lightning-fast, tank-driven, air-supported “blitzkrieg” that had worked so well in Poland the year before.

Mr. Villard has known Germany well throughout his long and active career as journalist and editor. This brief report on his visit there shortly after the outbreak of the present war is of particular ...

"The 1940 campaign had not been planned as a Blitzkrieg," he said. "The German High Command was planning a repeat of the long struggle of World War I (and) was completely surprised by the course ...

In any event, fortune, or rather misfortune, saved the world. In May 1940, German panzers smashed through the Low Countries and into France. Six weeks later, France surrendered. Operation Pike was ...