MOORHEAD — A presentation hosted by the Moorhead Public Library in November will take a closer look at the history of German prisoners of war who called Moorhead home during World War II. Mark Peihl ...
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — During World War II, life was markedly different for American prisoners of war compared to their counterparts who were housed in the U.S. The American military made a ...
PAINTINGS DONE BY GERMAN POWS. WAS THE LEGACY AND STORIES THEY CARRY WILL CONTINUE TO ENRICH AND EDUCATE GENERATIONS FOR YEARS TO COME. THIS IS A SCENE WE BELIEVE, FROM THE ALPS. THE FOUR PAINTINGS ...
The German prisoners of war who were housed at Fort McClellan during World War II were possibly treated better than any POWs in history. For instance, they were housed in a camp that were similar to ...
Editor’s note: This is the third part of a five-part series on the history of World War II POW camps in Michigan. Part 1 is available here. Part 2 is here. A new story will be published every Sunday.
When World War II ended, Europe was littered with millions of unexploded mines. In Denmark, German prisoners of war were used ...
MEDINA — The first group of German prisoners of war to arrive in Western New York during World War II was sent to Medina. They were among some 425,000 Axis POWs were were imprisoned throughout the ...
Editor's note: We Are Aiken County is a series of articles that will run through March 16. It celebrates people, places and events that shaped Aiken County. On a plot of ground across from Aiken High ...
At an abandoned German airfield that later held prisoners of war, the ground is still filled with traces of the people who ...
During World War II, the United States set up hundreds of prisoner of war camps in the U.S., including nearly 40 in Wisconsin. But it wasn't till nearly the end of the war that POWs were sent to the ...
Eighty years ago today, German artillery opened fire on an inexperienced American division that had been at the front for ...
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — Depending on who you ask, war is either a black and white, good vs. evil concept, or there is a wide spectrum of gray. Ask any soldier on one side of the battle, and they ...