In the dark days of World War II, the secretive staff at a large building on Nebraska Avenue NW in Washington kept a scoreboard of its success. Each time a German U-boat was sunk by the U.S. Navy ...

Women of World War II: The Untold Stories is available to stream on pbs.org and the free PBS App, available on iPhone, Apple TV, Android TV, Android smartphones, Amazon Fire TV, Amazon Fire Tablet ...

There were two German gun batteries built on the site during World War I. One was called Freya, the other Augusta. Both batteries held guns, observation bunkers, crew quarters and "all kinds of ...

Read More: 5 Black World War II Heroes to Know. Susan Ahn, right, with her two brothers Ralph and Philip. U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command/Wiki Commons Susan Ahn. Ahn was one of the few ...

World War II, the world's deadliest international conflict, left almost 80 million people dead. Here's what started it and why it ended in 1945.

German troops invaded Poland, marking the start of World War II in Europe. In London, Helena Farlow was packing a bag of her belongings to begin a journey to parts unknown. She was 11 ...

COLOGNE, Germany — Three unexploded U.S. bombs from World War II were defused on Wednesday in Cologne after the German city's biggest evacuation since the end of the war. More than 20,000 ...

BERLIN — Some 20,500 people were evacuated on Wednesday from the city of Cologne, in western Germany, as explosives experts prepared to defuse three unexploded World War II bombs found during ...

There are more stories of heroism out of World War II than can ever fit in a school textbook, but hundreds of those stories are written down somewhere for those who want to find them. Over 100 ...

"But it took World War II for us to realize that women need to be in the workforce." It features more than 200 artifacts. CBS News Detroit "It's lovely, terrific amount of work ...

COLOGNE, Germany (AP) — Three unexploded U.S. bombs from World War II were defused on Wednesday in Cologne after the German city’s biggest evacuation since the end of the war. More than 20,000 ...

COLOGNE, Germany — Three unexploded U.S. bombs from World War II were defused Wednesday in Cologne after the German city’s biggest evacuation since the end of the war. More than 20,000 ...