Our job was to escort barges carrying SS troops who ... there with a German naval commander (not a Nazi, I felt sure) who, when we left , gave me his dress ceremonial dagger in exchange for ...

On 10 June 1944, a detachment of SS troops had surrounded the tiny hamlet in the Limousin region. It is believed by some that they were seeking retribution for the kidnap of a German officer but ...

who died in 1993 "The 16th SS Division was one of the most ruthless units in the Germany army of the Second World War," says Carlo Gentile, who served on a joint German-Italian commission ...

During the time Münter was a member of an SS that carried out the outrage — but he has got off scot-free. Adding to the outrage, he told a German TV programme last year: "If I arrest the men I ...

It’s ice cold in Oslo in this Second World War thriller based on an extraordinary real-life mission which inspired a nation when all hope was gone. With wartime morale at its lowest point and ...

On 10 June 1944, a detachment of SS troops had surrounded the tiny hamlet in the Limousin region. It is believed by some that they were seeking retribution for the kidnap of a German officer but ...