Britain learned it first, in the black days after Dunkirk: even the old men had to be prepared to fight. Germany was deep into the fifth year before it had to dig so deep. Old & Young. Last week, soon ...

On a neglected stretch of wartime ground, relics from the Volkssturm — Germany’s last-minute militia — come to light. The fragile items reveal how the collapsing Reich relied on civilians and outdated ...