Day, the first day of the Normandy landings that laid the foundations for the Allied defeat of Nazi Germany in World War II.

In the biting cold of the winter of 1939, the Soviet forces, huddled in their ill-fitting uniforms, trudged through the ...

By Catherine Nicholls, CNN (CNN) — Friday marks 81 years since D-Day, the first day of the Normandy landings that laid the foundations for the Allied defeat of Nazi Germany in World War II.

Friday marks 81 years since D-Day, the first day of the Normandy landings that laid the foundations for the Allied defeat of Nazi Germany in World War II.. The invasion – codenamed Operation Overlord ...

The Second World War, also known as World War II, was the most devastating conflict in human history, altering the course of ...

Henry Langrehr, 100, a Clinton native who as a member of the 82nd Airborne Division parachuted into France on D-Day, died early Wednesday, his daughter Karen Winters said. World War II veteran of ...

The first U-boat to enter the Gulf was U-507, which cruised into the area on April 30, 1942.By May 12, it had sunk five Allied tankers and cargo ships. One of these vessels, the tanker Munger T ...

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 ...

Joe Wright's Atonement, the esteemed World War 2 film featuring Keira Knightley and James McAvoy, has truly made an impact with seven Oscar nominations and box office takings that were four times ...