In England, a 99-year-old WWII veteran took to the skies once more, taking off from the same airfield he flew missions from ...

In the first of a short series exploring Munich’s past, Abigail Leali contemplates art’s role in shaping cultural identity ...

This prelude to our Eastern Front WWII series explores how Stalin reshaped the Soviet Union into a global military force. From industrial expansion through Five-Year Plans to tank development and ...

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced Friday that the USNS Harvey Milk will be renamed after a World War II sailor who ...

The German city of Cologne said that three unexploded World War II bombs were found earlier this week Before the combs could be defused on Wednesday, June 4, more than 20,000 people had to be ...

FUKUOKA -- A film based on the true story of two Japanese soldiers in World War II who lived hidden in the canopy of a banyan tree on a remote Okinawa ...

Sgt. Howard Hasselkus of Elmore died in a Japanese POW camp in 1942. His remains were identified in 2024 and he will be buried in his hometown.

Wally King, a sprightly 101-year-old, wiped off excess sand with a weathered hand, resting the other atop the white cross, before saying a few words at the grave of Henry Shurlds Jr. Shurlds flew ...

World War II veteran Wilbur “Jack” Myers, a 101-year-old who fought in the U.S. Army’s 692nd Tank Destroyer Battalion, hands a souvenir postcard of himself to Ryan, a young French boy, on ...

OMAHA BEACH, France (AP) — The D-Day generation, smaller in number than ever, is back on the beaches of France where so much blood was spilled 81 years ago. World War II veterans, now mostly ...