At the Hambach open-pit mine on the edge of Germany’s former industrial heartland, the ground shakes as a giant wheel ...

The Germans dubbed their surprise attack Operation Wacht Am Rhein (“Watch on the Rhine”), changed in the ... marking the 80th anniversary of the Battle of the Bulge. Following the ...

The battle occurred in the Ardennes Forest region ... Patton’s 3rd Army made its way through Bastogne, Belgium, and on to the Rhine, weather became an obstacle to its ability to move forward.

Most accounts of the battle tend to be highly critical of Montgomery’s tactlessness and vanity. Many, perhaps even most, American officers had come to dislike Montgomery because they saw him as ...

Hitler thought of it as another Dunkirk and code-named it “Wacht am Rhein [Watch on the Rhine].” Allied archives would later refer to “the Battle of the Ardennes.” To men who were there ...

But one notable exception occurred during the Battle of the Bulge ... Unternehmen Wacht am Rhein – "Operation Watch on the Rhine." It was the last major counteroffensive against western Allies.

The “Battle of the Bulge,” fought 80 years ago ... The irrepressible Patton hoped next to race to the Rhine River. But when Hitler sprung his surprise, Patton swiftly veered his army 90 ...

A hoard of Roman coins dating from the Fourth century and covering the reign of nine emperors has been found in northern ...

Public Schools called off school on Wednesday but not on Thursday, when it was even colder. Parents are asking for a ...

Cincinnati native Mary Siegel first laced up a pair of ice skates when she was only 6 years old. She hated it.

If ever there was a patriot who loved God, country, family and his fellow man, it was Watauga County native Herbert Cleveland ...