Stalingrad

Here's What You Need To Remember: Hitler maintained control of both the OKW and the OKH, and there were dissident elements within the general staff—officers who grudgingly came to recognize that the general staff and OKH had been reduced from executive roles that shaped and influenced strategic German military operations…

Gregory Tyree Boyce, an actor who appeared in “Twilight,” died from drug use, specifically fentanyl and cocaine intoxication on May 13, Clark County coroner John Fudenberg told TheWrap. Their deaths were ruled accidental. Boyce died at age 30 and was found dead on May 13. He was found alongside his…

It has been 75 years since the surrender of Nazi Germany and the end of World War II in Europe. Amidst the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, Russia postponed its annual Victory Day celebrations last month due to the health crisis as did other former Soviet states, with the sole exception of…

Christo, the single-named artist best known for large-scale, short-term installations that often involved wrapping public spaces in fabric, died Sunday in New York at age 84, according to his official Twitter account. No cause of death was given. The Bulgarian artist, whose given name was Christo Vladimirov Javacheff, often collaborated…

EmmyLegends.org/Buena Vista Pictures Herb Stempel, the federal whistleblower who exposed how the NBC game show “Twenty-One” was manipulated for ratings, died last month at the age of 93. His death was confirmed this weekend by Stempel’s stepdaughter to The New York Times. Stempel’s story was told in the Robert Redford…

Eighty years ago this past week, the British and French armies were in the midst of the most calamitous defeat in their combined history. Churchill and Lord Halifax are pictured aboveEighty years ago this past week, the British and French armies were in the midst of the most calamitous defeat…

Marge Redmond, a stage and screen actress best remembered for her role as Sister Jacqueline on the 1960s sitcom “The Flying Nun,” died in February at age 95. Her death was not made public until May, when it was announced as part of a larger in memoriam layout in the…

Photo by Slaven Vlasic/Getty Images for Tribeca Film Festival Larry Kramer, a legendary playwright, author, screenwriter and activist in the 1980s who helped shift government policy during the AIDS crisis and also penned the acclaimed play “The Normal Heart,” has died of pneumonia, his husband told The New York Times.…

A Holocaust survivor who once attempted a solo mission to kill Germany’s Nazi wartime leader Adolf Hitler by derailing his train has died in London. Henry Wermuth was 97 when he passed away from organ failure on May 19, the Times of London reported in an obituary. He had recently…

Russian President Vladimir Putin said Tuesday that the country's military parade to mark the 75th anniversary of the Soviet victory against the Nazis in World War II will be held on June 24.Putin postponed the Victory Day parade last month from its traditional date of May 9, in light of…