Soldiers and tanks advance towards Castle Itter in Austria in May 1945. By early May 1945 the war in Europe was all but over. Hitler was dead, having killed himself in his bunker in Berlin rather than ...

A sports jersey is one way for fans to show national pride — but German soccer fans have been banned from customizing theirs with the number 44 because of a resemblance to the lightning bolts symbol ...

Adidas has banned Germany football fans from personalising shirts with the number 44 amid concerns it resembles the symbol used by World War Two-era Nazi SS units. The Nazi party’s Schutzstaffel group ...

80 years ago, on May 5, 1945, the strangest fight in World War II took place. American soldiers and Wehrmacht troops teamed up to fight the SS. By Nicholas Slayton Published May 5, 2025 12:31 PM EDT ...