James Megellas, a highly decorated WWII veteran who graduated from Ripon College, served with distinction in the 82nd Airborne Division. Learn about his heroic actions and legacy.

International Holocaust Remembrance Day is observed across each year on Jan. 27, the anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau, the most notorious of the Nazi German death camps. The U.N.

In the last days of April 1945, Berlin became the site of a brutal final battle. Soviet forces advanced relentlessly through ...

Join Dan Snow and acclaimed military historian Sir Antony Beevor for a gripping account of the Battle of Berlin, the final, bloody chapter of WWII in Europe. Beevor, author of 'Berlin: The Downfall ...

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On March 18, 1945 22-year old Army Captain and Troy native Bill Chapman, Jr was the pilot of a B-24 bomber that was shot down during the Battle of Berlin in World War II. After the war Chapman would ...

CLAYSBURG — Claysburg-Kimmel and Berlin Brothersvalley put up similar stats Friday night, except in one big category. Each team had 12 first downs, and Berlin gained just one more yard than the ...

The third and final crown jewel of Berlin Raceway‘s 2025 season is set to take place Wednesday evening in the prestigious Tekton 250 Battle at Berlin. Since it was created in 2010, the Battle at ...

FILE - A view of the burned-out ruins of the German Reichstag in Berlin in this photo from August 1945, three months after the Nazis surrendered to the Allied Powers on May 8, 1945. (AP Photo, file) ...

Berlin — Central Berlin was in ruins after the Red Army completed the Allied victory over Nazi Germany in an intense fight for the capital in May 1945. After decades of division and its revival as the ...