The German success in concentrating and using armored forces in a fast-moving offensive in the early stages of WWII astounded ...

It was all over for the Allies. By May 20, 1940, German Panzer divisions had reached Abbeville at the mouth of the Somme ...

As part of World War II’s strategy to liberate Italy from the Nazis, the Allies sent an invasion force of 36,000 troops with naval and air support to land behind German lines at Anzio and to cut ...

More than 20,000 residents evacuated a German city after three U.S. WWII bombs were discovered in Cologne, requiring hours of careful diffusion work before people could return to their homes.

Italy, the spring of 1944. The American 5th Army had invaded months earlier, but found itself stuck in a stalemate against Italian and German forces in the winter months. A breakout was needed ...

World War II aircraft were painted in a wide assortment of colors, from shades of gray to olive drab, blue, and camouflage patterns. British planes were painted Dark Earth, Dark Green, and Night ...

Manlius, N.Y. -- Stanley Stanley spent his 25th birthday in the Dutch countryside, on the run from German forces that caused his B-24 Bomber to crash in occupied Holland. This was in 1944, in the ...

U.S. Army Pvt. Jeremiah P. Mahoney, 19, was killed sometime on Jan. 17, 1945 near the village of Reipertswiller, France during combat with German forces, according to military officials.