Firsthand German accounts from the Battle of Stalingrad The Battle of Stalingrad began on the 23 August 1942 and did not come to a end until over five months later. It was to become one of the largest battles ever fought on the Eastern Front and resulted in the death of nearly two million people. S[...]

During the first week of the Battle of the Bulge, the Germans' 6th SS Panzer Army rolled down the road to Butgenbach, where the 26th Infantry Regiment of the U.S. 1st Infantry Division held out against constant attacks at the southern end of Elsenborn Ridge. Meanwhile, Jochen Peiper's SS battle grou[...]