The 9th Infantry Division of the U.S. Army activated for service prior to U.S. entry in World War II in August of 1940 at ...

"In combat, they would just charge forward from the tree line, like in a World War II movie," Ihorovych recalled. Assaults during World War II often had high casualty rates. He said his troops ...

The Vital de Oliveira was a civilian ship, built in 1910 and outfitted as an auxiliary naval craft when Brazil entered World War II on the side of the Allies. It was transporting supplies ...

Air-raid siren sounds the warning. Air-raid sirens first sounded the warning in London in September 1939. They became an almost daily part of life in the capital a year later during the height of ...

WARSAW, Jan 15 (Reuters) - Poland on Tuesday hailed progress in resolving a historical dispute with Ukraine and said Warsaw would work to speed its neighbour's progress towards the European Union ...

What was the World War II experience of James Alfred (“Alf”) Wight, author and the real James Herriot? MASTERPIECE got the fascinating facts and sometimes surprising timeline from All ...

Archaeologists have only recently unearthed a derelict 'horror bunker' containing evidence of the most heinous crimes committed during World War II following unconfirmed reports about a ...

If you’re looking for a Netflix movie that charts a World War II hero's struggles, triumphs and traumas, then “Number 24” deserves to be in your watchlist. Here’s why this new wartime ...

SEVENTY-NINE YEARS ago the end was in sight for World War 2. Germany unconditionally surrendered on May 7, 1945. Japan unconditionally surrendered on September 2, 1945.

Port Sudan, Sudan: In a makeshift shelter carved out of a schoolyard in eastern Sudan, 14-year-old Hanim Mohamed is using her rap music to bring comfort to families displaced by the country's ...

Scrub back and forth below to see a Battle of Britain dogfight in action. WW2: Did the war change life for women? documentWW2: Did the war change life for women? When WW2 broke out, the women of ...