On June 8, 1944, Panther tanks from the 12th SS Panzer Division launched a surprise attack near the village of Rots. Waiting ...

Branded as Hitler’s teenage division, the 12th SS Panzer shocked Allied troops with their brutal effectiveness in Normandy. Led by Kurt Meyer, their relentless defense of Caen, suicidal tenacity, and ...

BERLIN -- German authorities say they've searched the homes of three former SS men believed to have taken part in a World War II massacre in northern France. Prosecutor Andreas Brendel told The ...

They grew up under the Nazi regime. They pledged to give their lives for Hitler. They were fanatics who would not be stopped. They were the 20,000 teenagers who made up the 12th SS Panzer Division.

BERLIN (AP) - Karl Muenter, a former SS soldier who was convicted in France of a wartime massacre but who never served any time for his crimes, has died in northwestern Germany. He was 96. Marcus ...

Documentary telling the story and the lives of the 20,000 teenagers that pledged to give their lives to Hitler during World War II, making up the 12th SS Panzer Division.

BERLIN (AP) — Karl Muenter, a former SS soldier who was convicted in France of a wartime massacre but who never served any time for his crimes, has died. He was 96. The mayor’s office in Nordstemmen, ...