World War II was fought on land, sea, and air, but it was the small arms carried by millions of soldiers that shaped the ...

This film tells the story of how American tank crews stopped Germany’s armored spearhead at Arracourt in 1944. It follows ...

World War II ended generations ago, yet many of its weapons are still firing in today’s conflicts. Heavy machine guns, ...

Not yet recognizing the extent of the defeat all along the front, Hitler and his generals saw their reverses merely as a ...

Webster County native Lambert Ray Tapp joined the Navy in Louisville on March 6, 1940, and ended up on the battleship Arizona ...

World War II narratives, up for grabs. In September, China held a military parade to commemorate the 80th anniversary of the ...

Goldsworthy was reported missing in action Dec. 17, 1944, and was confirmed to have been killed. His remains were not ...

In the winter of 1944, as some of the bloodiest fighting in World War II ramped up in Europe, 19-year-old then-1st Sgt. Jefferson Wiggins, along with hundreds of other Black soldiers, were tasked with ...

World War II, which concluded 80 years ago, was a historic event that defined a generation. Tens of millions of people fought brutal oppression and an unfathomable Holocaust. Today, the world ...

On August 14, 1945, the Allied Powers accepted Imperial Japan’s unconditional surrender in World War II, delivering a hard-fought American victory in the Pacific and bringing the deadliest war in ...

CHILTON COUNTY, Ala. (WBRC/Gray News) - More than 80 years after his death, a World War II veteran who was listed as missing in action has finally been laid to rest. Private First Class Norman Thomas, ...

An auditorium of eager kids in Washington, Okla., were on the edge of their seats a few weeks ago as author Jennifer A. Nielsen told them about Lidia Durr Zakrzewski, a teenager who joined the Polish ...