When Benjamin Patterson stood at the grave of a 23-year-old World War II combat engineer from North Lawrence, he didn’t just ...

"That was the only time in my life he ever gave any real details, and I was in my 40s and had already done eight years of ...

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

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

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

Allied intelligence confirmed that Nazi Germany was developing “vengeance” weapons, including the V-2 long-range rocket, at Peenemünde on the Baltic Sea.

Muslims from the Caucasus who joined the Wehrmacht – The 845th German-Arab Infantry Battalion and Its actions in Greece – ...

German leaders intend to ramp up defense spending and build the most powerful armed forces in Europe, but shadows of World ...

Facing determined German troops, soldiers of the U.S. Army's 2nd Ranger Battalion scaled this height at a high cost in men in 1944 during World War II.

Eighty-one years ago, the Normandy beaches witnessed a pivotal moment in World War II. D-Day marked the start of Operation Overlord. Allied forces from the US, UK, and Canada landed on five Normandy ...

Veterans gathered Friday in Normandy to mark the 81st anniversary of the D-Day landings — a pivotal moment of World War II that eventually led to the ... In the ensuing Battle of Normandy, 73,000 ...