DE PERE – With America embroiled in World War II in 1942, Bob Lick joined the U.S. Army Air Force ... In "Steadfast," Lick ...

This Friday, weather permitting the German battleship Admiral Graf Spee, scuttled off the coast of Uruguay at the beginning of World War II ... and a sophisticated range finder for the artillery.

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

Army private who died in WWII identified almost 80 years after his death - As the US marks Veterans Day, the story of a young soldier finally being returned home has been shared ...

The Portland-class USS Indianapolis played an essential role in the outcome of World War II, being the ship that ... with the latest rangefinder and radar technology. The Prince of Wales was ...

Professor Sönke Neitzel used secret transcripts of German prisoners of war to create a unique portrait of the mindset of soldiers during WWII. For many decades after the end of World War II (WWII), a ...

The woman found the munition on a beach on the Elbe river A German woman narrowly escaped injury after picking up an object she believed to be amber but which then spontaneously combusted.

She praised Festung Guernsey, a group of volunteers who study and restore German fortifications on the island, for their help in surveying and researching the site. Paul Bourgaize, from the group ...

The fighters provided crucial air support for the D-Day landings and many were adapted to be fighter-bombers to carry out attacks on German ground forces. WW2: What was the secret to winning the ...

During World War II German propaganda emphasized the prowess of the German army and contrasted it with the British and Allied armies who were depicted as cowards and butchers, or brave but misguided.

The Blitz of WW2, sometimes known as the London Blitz, was the German bombing campaign that lasted eight months and targeted 16 British cities. WW2: Countdown to Hiroshima: The bomb that changed ...

Bill Whitaker reports on the bombing of the Cap Arcona, a little-known human tragedy in the closing days of World War II. Once a luxurious German ocean liner, the Cap Arcona was commandeered by ...