ROCKFORD, Ill. (Tribune News Service) — Someone has to play the bad guy. Someone has to play the Nazi. “It’s a costume, man,” one guy in an SS uniform told me. They were also here as educators, as ...

A Massachusetts restaurant has faced heavy criticism, and even threats, after men in Nazi uniforms who were part of a group of World War II reenactors were permitted to dine inside during the weekend.

NOVO SELO TRAINING AREA, BULGARIA (April 23, 2023) – On 23 April, U.S. Army Soldiers from the Army Support Activity-Black Sea (ASA-Black Sea) stationed at Novo Selo Training Area (NSTA), along with ...

I had a great time participating in this WWII battle reenactment. It's not every day that you get to throw a sticky bomb at a German half track. Thanks to everyone involved in the Lauer Farms event ...

“There is a lot of baggage in doing a German impression,” says Dave Fornell, of Elgin, a lead organizer of Rockford World War II Days. “My elevator pitch on why I do German has to do with their ...

HUDSON, MASS. (WHDH) - A Hudson restaurant is apologizing to its customers after several World War II reenactors ate a meal inside while dressed as German soldiers. Wearing military uniforms, 350 ...

Children explore the interior and exterior of a U.S. M5A1 Stuart Light Tank after an "Operation Anvil" World War II reenactment in the field across Scottsville Road from Phil Moore Park on Saturday, ...

Someone has to play the bad guy. Someone has to play the Nazi. Otherwise, how do you teach history? I heard this a lot. Whenever I would ask anyone portraying a German soldier at Rockford, Illinois’ ...

Someone has to play the bad guy. Someone has to play the Nazi. Otherwise, how do you teach history? I heard this a lot. Whenever I would ask anyone portraying a German soldier at Rockford, Illinois' ...

Fornell, for years, has been a lead organizer of World War II Days, and was briefly president of the World War II Historical Reenactment Society, which has 1,200 members, primarily in the Midwest.