The role played by Coast Guard personnel who crewed the Higgins boats was critical to the success of the D-Day landings in ...

Boston’s RR Auctions is offering an auction of over 170 autographs and artifacts, with some focus on World War II relics.

German submarines sank 56 Allied ships in the region and damaged another 14, losing just one of their own in the process ...

German soldiers stormed across Europe with unnatural stamina and fearlessness—thanks to Pervitin, a powerful methamphetamine widely distributed during the war. Billy Joel cancels all shows after ...

WWII officially ended when Japan surrendered on September 2, 1945. But this didn't necessarily mean the end of the World War II for some men and women. Some dismissed the news of defeat as enemy ...

But some researchers are skeptical of the safeguards in place. Fewer than 1% German soldiers harbor "consistent right-wing-extremist attitudes," according to a new study conducted by the military ...

An expert in film collaboration at De Montfort University (DMU) Leicester has helped a rare ‘enthralling’ World War II documentary reach audiences across the UK. Thursday 8 May marked the 80 th ...

Credit: Gabriella Bullock Wikimedia Commons CC By 3.0 The story of the kidnapping of German Major General Heinrich Kreipe on Crete during the island’s occupation by the 3rd Reich in the midst of World ...

The contributions of Chinese-Canadian soldiers during the Second World War are being highlighted in an immersive new Vancouver exhibit timed to coincide with the 80th anniversary of the conflict ...

GAINESVILLE — Millie Shearing Moulton shared photos and memories Saturday of her uncle Walter Shearing. “He was always a farmer,” she said after a ceremony dedicating a portion of Route 19 ...

“Our rejoicing is sobered and subdued by a supreme consciousness of the terrible price we have paid to rid the world of Hitler and his evil band. Let us not forget, my fellow Americans, the ...