The German Army in World War II was one of the most powerful and disciplined military forces ever assembled, but what made it ...

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

The early attempt at drones in World War II saw the Army Air Forces convert B-17 bombers into remote-controlled flying bombs.

During World War II, units of Ranger soldiers faced battles on the beaches of Normandy during D-Day. The rangers will be honored this month.

Adolf Hitler’s suicide in his Berlin bunker on April 30, 1945, didn’t immediately end World War II in Europe. Though the German capital had fallen to the Soviets, pockets of Nazi troops would ...

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.

LA FIERE BRIDGE, NORMANDY, France – In recognition of the heroic actions of the Eighth Air Force during World War II, The ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

German fighter planes were deadly in WWII, ... The theaters of World War II were swarming with notable aircraft, ... Allied forces started targeting them when they returned to base to refuel and ...

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.