More civilians died than in the British and American saturation bombing of Hamburg (June 1943) and Dresden (February 1945)—more, even, than in Hiroshima or Nagasaki on the day of their catastrophes.

As the German right ascends, the nation is still grappling with its fascist past — and how to handle its remains.

These are not people with whom we can negotiate, so turn to the lessons of history for dealing with non-negotiable opponents.

To minimize the risk from Allied bombing, Germany would have been strongly motivated ... underground factories with huge numbers of workers making explosive nuclear material south of Hamburg; one or ...

ON her sixth birthday 80 years ago, Shizuko Nishio clung to her mother as US B-29 bombers started a firestorm that turned ...

After buying the medals for a few hundred dollars, Chaplain Lea discovered they had belonged to New Zealand aviator Sergeant William (Billy) O'Shea, who died during a bombing raid over Hamburg in ...

Even the similar attacks by the Americans and British on Hamburg and Dresden in Germany -- which killed fewer people -- are better known, Overy said. Tokyo was "the worst conventional bombing ...