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

Morton Katz of Hartford, a 105-year-old WWII veteran, tells of indelible sights he saw from N. Africa to Italy, France, and ...

My father, a longtime Milwaukeean, duped Nazis with a fake army during World War II– then stayed silent about his secret ...

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

Age only seems to be a number for Al Benjamin. At 18, he left Dorchester and joined the US Army Air Forces, where he soon ...

Robert W. Boynton, 19, a West Aurora High School graduate, was murdered after his plane was shot down in Germany in 1944.

After months of disputes, Chancellor Olaf Scholz ousted one of his governing partners, adding to the challenges for Europe ...

A West Virginian man was flying a damaged B-17 bomber that was about to be shot down by German forces during World War II ...

Both Leo and Huth fulfilled roles that in many ways were typical for women in the vastly different political systems that governed Germany during its decades of division following the country’s defeat ...

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

America's "Arsenal of Democracy" relied on commercial manufacturers re-tooling to make the firearms necessary for American troops to fight across the world. One of the biggest plants was the Saginaw ...