World War II begins. May: As Germany marches into Belgium ... U.S. troops arrive in Europe. Through March, the number of troops shipped overseas averages about 50,000 per month — a number ...

A fortune teller read his palm and told him that he had a long lifeline and would survive the war unscathed. On the ...

World War I was the “Great War” before World War II. As a global conflict unfolded in the late 1930s in Europe and Asia, it ...

Jeremiah P. Mahoney had been missing in action since 1945. His remains will be interred in Arlington National Cemetery in ...

Crosley-produced proximity fuses were the first deployed to enemy lines and responsible for the first kill of an enemy aircraft. The world's first smart bomb, produced here in Cincinnati, turned the ...

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer traveled to France on Monday to attend Armistice commemorations in Paris, making him the ...

Here, Josh Levine, author of The Secret History of the Blitz and a consultant on the film, talks to TIME about the hardships ...

The war in Europe began in September 1939 when Nazi Germany, under Adolf Hitler, invaded Poland. Using Blitzkrieg tactics the country was quickly overtaken.

The B-17 Flying Fortress earned its legendary status as the bomber workhorse against Germany and occupied territories during ...

Rose DeJesus, 97, could remember her brother Joe Saracino well, mainly that he was like any young man at the time she last saw him.

16 x 16 x 5 cm. (6.3 x 6.3 x 2 in.) ...