In December 1944, thousands of American soldiers were surrounded, starving, and freezing deep behind enemy lines. The story ...

Hermann Göring mocked America’s promise to build 50,000 aircraft a year, convinced it was impossible. This film follows ...

Polvado was killed in action on Dec. 12, 1944, in Pachten, Germany. His body could not be recovered due to intense fighting ...

(CNN) — Friday marks 81 years since D-Day, the first day of the Normandy landings that laid the foundations for the Allied defeat of Nazi Germany in World War II. (CNN) — Friday marks 81 years since D ...

From a crumbling pill box in the UK to a derelict rail line in Hawaii, these are the abandoned World War II places that the world forgot.

** When you buy products through the links on our site, we may earn a commission that supports NRA's mission to protect, preserve and defend the Second Amendment. ** A young member of the Volkssturm ...

The date of Operation Overlord was among the most closely guarded secrets of the war. Even many senior officers were ...

Eighty years on, few people are alive who remember World War II. Anne Frank would have turned 96 this June; Senator Bob Dole, a veteran of the Italian campaign in 1945, died four years ago. But the ...

A small, wooden keepsake box adorned with carvings and the inscription, “Gefangenschaft Amerika 1944,” was donated in late January to the Fort McCoy Public Affairs Office for inclusion in the Fort ...