Germany and the US built some of the largest aircraft in the conflict, although many of their designs were unsuccessful.

In the spring of 1945, the U.S. Navy quietly handed over 149 warships to the Soviet Union at a remote Alaskan outpost, ...

On June 22, 1941, Nazi Germany launched the largest invasion in human history Operation Barbarossa. Millions of soldiers ...

Less fearful of the uncertainties ahead under Stalin than the guaranteed persecution under Hitler, many Polish Jews chose to head east.

It was April 6, 1941 when Germany launched a massive attack on Greece's northern border after Italy failed to capture the ...

Among the most disturbing of the desperate measures taken during World War II was the recruitment of child soldiers. Here are five examples.

As we drop below the surface of Malmok Bay, parrotfish and a sea turtle swim into view. Here in the waters just west of Aruba ...

The U.S. Air Force operates massive bases around the world, and some of its largest overseas installations play a key role in ...

French Finance Minister Roland Lescure told reporters Thursday that the Strait of Hormuz needs to reopen "but not at any ...

Ben Ferencz, the youngest person to prosecute Nazi war crimes at the Nuremberg trials, was posthumously awarded the ...

Author Stephen Harding tells the true story of a small band of FBI agents who went undercover to hunt down U.S. traitors in ...

LONDON — Even if the end of World War II in Europe spawned one of the most joyous days the continent ever lived, Thursday's 80th anniversary of V-E Day is haunted as much by the specter of current-day ...