The M1911 wasn’t just a sidearm—it was a battlefield legend. During WWII, this .45-caliber powerhouse was issued to U.S.

Explore the most notorious weapons of WWII and discover how they worked, from buzzsaw machine guns and game-changing bombs to ...

As France commemorates the 80th anniversary of the Nazi surrender, the poignant memories of survivors resurface, highlighting the immense suffering endured during the occupation. Geneviève ...

A historic World War II Spitfire dramatically crash-landed in a Kent field while “practising for a VE Day event”. The aircraft plunged into a farmer’s crops after it was seen circling “for ...

PARIS (AP) — As France prepares to mark the 80th anniversary of the Nazi surrender to Allied forces, survivors of World War II reflect on painful memories of fear, deprivation and persecution ...

The Congressional Gold Medal this past week was bestowed to the “Six Triple Eight,” a predominantly Black, all-female unit that served in Europe during World War II and which featured a number ...

In the years leading up to World War II, many residents - including Jews, Germans and other minorities - fled Czechoslovakia to escape growing persecution, particularly after Germany’s ...

SO HERE WE ARE TODAY WITH AN UNBELIEVABLE TURNOUT. ROBINSON IS THE LAST LIVING MEMBER OF THE F A World War II veteran in Portsmouth celebrated his 102nd birthday on Wednesday. John B. Robinson ...

In a giant theatre in an aircraft hangar near the Dutch city of Leiden, a group of actors in Nazi uniforms marched a man onto stage, lined up and then shot him. The character, a Dutch-Jewish ...