Germany is known for its engineering expertise, and this resulted in some of the most impressive fighter planes in history.

The American 5th Army had invaded months earlier, but found itself stuck in a stalemate against Italian and German forces in ... in their sleds,” one World War II-era newsreel said at time ...

The historic vessel "Vital de Oliveira" was positively identified more than a decade after an unsuspecting fisherman's net ...

In December 1944, American soldiers serving in the Ardennes region of Belgium were suddenly struck by an overwhelmingly horde ...

German forces take Paris on 14 June ... Emperor Hirohito surrenders and the most destructive war in history comes to an end. WW2: How was D-Day, the biggest ever seaborne invasion, launched?

Seventy-six years ago, he was among Allied troops pushing into Germany’s Rhineland, battling to bring World War II to an end on Europe ... from serving in the Air Force. But he was inducted ...

All three soldiers were in the Third Infantry Division, which chased German forces out of the ... as the most decorated American soldier of World War II and became a movie star.

The fighters provided crucial air support for the D-Day landings and many were adapted to be fighter-bombers to carry out attacks on German ground forces. WW2: What was the secret to winning the ...