https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Germany in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed Secret files released in Britain Wednesday shed new light on how a Spaniard dubbed the greatest double agent of World War II tricked Germany with false intelligence about the D-Day Normandy landings. https://www.thelocal.de/20160928/uk-files-show-how-double-agent-tricked-germans-over-d-day Wed, 28 Sep 2016 10:52:25 +0200 uk-files-show-how-double-agent-tricked-germans-over-d-day A parent demanded that a book taught at his son’s school which described the Second World War D-Day landings as an invasion be taken off the curriculum. A Berlin court disagreed. https://www.thelocal.de/20160204/school-books-can-call-d-day-invasion-berlin-court Thu, 04 Feb 2016 15:22:22 +0100 school-books-can-call-d-day-invasion-berlin-court James Sansom landed on the beaches of Normandy just days after D-Day, but soon found himself being held as a prisoner of war, praying for the allied advance. His memories are the second part of our series marking the 70 anniversary of the beginning of the end of Nazi Germany. https://www.thelocal.de/20140606/d-day-70-anniversary-we-had-a-funeral-every-day Fri, 06 Jun 2014 11:00:00 +0200 d-day-70-anniversary-we-had-a-funeral-every-day Edwin Kendrick was a combat medic who waded ashore in Normandy three days after D-Day with nothing but a medical kit and red cross armband. His memories are the first installment in our series marking the 70th anniversary of the beginning of the end of Nazi Germany. https://www.thelocal.de/20140605/d-day-70-anniversary-interview-i-didnt-have-a-gun Thu, 05 Jun 2014 13:58:00 +0200 d-day-70-anniversary-interview-i-didnt-have-a-gun