The Fortress of Bir Hakeim served as one of the most important strongholds of the Free French Army against General Erwin ...

As a 19-year-old medic, he won a Silver Star for his service during D-Day. Later, in the Korean War, he earned a Bronze Star.

Between 1942 and 1945, nearly 8,000 American warplanes traveled through Alaska on their way to the Soviet Union as part of a ...

From tank battles on the Eastern Front to sniper duels in Hungary, these men were known for delivering terrifying results in ...

At first, disarmament was imposed on Germany. American and Russian forces seized weapons depots, sealed off factories, and ...

The total conflict of the Second World War saw battles on land, in the sky, and at sea. These are just a few Navy ships that ...

Many believe that the Churchill tank, widely used by the United Kingdom during World War II, was named for then-prime minister Winston Churchill. It was not—but there is a connection.

On June 4, 1944, the US Navy captured its first German submarine. Now it's displayed at Chicago's Griffin Museum of Science ...

Every morning over breakfast in early 1942, infamous German Field Marshal Erwin Rommel received a classified intelligence ...

WWII veteran Roscoe Joyner, 106, reflects on his military service, recent French Legion of Honor award, and secrets to longevity from his Belhaven home as Veterans Day approaches.

President Frank-Walter Steinmeier honoured Nazi war victims in Guernica on Friday, becoming the first German leader to visit ...

STUTTGART, Germany — The top U.S. envoy to NATO said this week that he is eager for a German general to eventually take command of all allied forces, a job that has been held by an American officer ...