Germany tried twice in the 20th century to conquer Europe and very nearly achieved that goal in World War II. In fact, not ...

Seventy-eight years after an American soldier picked it from a dead German soldier in Germany, the 1942 New Hanover High ...

When the war ended, Allied soldiers tracked down Nicolas de Largillierre's "Portrait de femme à mi-corps" with the help of a ...

World War II saw the emergence of some groundbreaking jet fighters that revolutionized aerial warfare. The Messerschmitt Me ...

PRAGS, Italy — In a little-known chapter in the waning days of World War II, U.S. troops rescued more than 130 political ...

As the Nazi blitzkrieg, or lightning war, raced across Europe, German forces committed unnumbered atrocities against the men, ...

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

Ukraine's invasion of Russia's Kursk region used proven tactics from World War II's Battle of the Bulge, showing surprise ...

Here, Josh Levine, author of The Secret History of the Blitz and a consultant on the film, talks to TIME about the hardships ...

- East Berliners get helping hands from West Berliners as they climb the Berlin Wall, which divided the city since the end of ...

The war in Europe began in September 1939 when Nazi Germany, under Adolf Hitler, invaded Poland. Using Blitzkrieg tactics the ...

During WWII, five bombers stood out for their strategic impact: the American B-29 Superfortress, famed for firebombing Tokyo ...