Germany tried twice in the 20th century to conquer Europe and very nearly achieved that goal in World War II. In fact, not ...

Ulrich Renz, a former head of The Associated Press German-language service who also covered trials of leaders of the ...

Robert W. Boynton, 19, a West Aurora High School graduate, was murdered after his plane was shot down in Germany in 1944.

Seventy-eight years after an American soldier picked it from a dead German soldier in Germany ... School alumni board member ...

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

War drives innovation, but it can also hasten the production of equipment that isn't ready. Here are a few planes that should ...

World War II saw the emergence of some groundbreaking jet fighters that revolutionized aerial warfare. The Messerschmitt Me ...

New World War II epic Bonhoeffer, about the Nazi resistance spy who was part of the Hitler assassination plot, has received a UK release date. Check out the trailer.

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

Blitz’ was inspired by an old photograph and a pair of civilian disasters during the German bombing campaign against Great ...

What you might not be aware of is that there were a fair few who were captured during the action and held as prisoners of war ...

Steve McQueen’s “Blitz” is two different movies. One of them is an “Oliver Twist” tale of a biracial boy making his way back ...