Navy pilot Edward “Butch” O’Hare, who grew up in south St. Louis, shot down five Japanese bombers while defending the carrier ...

When news of the successful D-Day landings in Normandy reached Colorado’s Camp Hale in early June 1944, it provoked mixed ...

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In this 1943 Allied propaganda cartoon 'Tokio Jokio,' American-born Nazi William Joyce is portrayed as an animated donkey.

Lee Spielmann outlines the latest developments in the effort to recover property taken during the Holocaust with a focus on ...

Preservation experts say the move to develop the site reflects a tension in Germany between the need to preserve historically significant monuments and the need to build and modernize.

In March 1945, Hitler sent his last major armored reserve into Hungary to seize the oil fields near Lake Balaton. The SS ...

The goal: to be ready to “fight tonight” to defend Vilnius, Lithuania’s capital, and hold the Suwalki corridor, which links ...

In 30 seconds, see the Battle of Berlin unfold as Soviet forces storm the German capital in April 1945. This video highlights ...

Discover 10 commercial airports that began as military airfields, where wartime runways, bases, and history remain visible ...