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 ...

After more than 80 years hidden beneath the waves off Rio de Janeiro, the location of a Brazilian troop transport ship ...

West Palm Beach centenarian Franklin Simon, who celebrated his 100th birthday in June, served heroically in Europe during ...

by the German Navy, becoming the only Brazilian military ship to be sunk during World War II. Its role in the war was mainly in transporting military personnel and also supplies along the ...

Alliance, war, betrayal, and then alliance all over again — this was the recurring theme of the 1930s and the 1940s. In these conditions, think about Subhas Chandra Bose, who was just trying to free h ...

Some 10,000 people were evacuated from the German city of Dresden on Thursday after the discovery of a bomb dating from World War II. The device ... According to the town hall, the accident ...

What was the World War II experience of James Alfred (“Alf ... took no major military action after declaring war against Germany, other than a few battles at sea— was already underway.

This article is accompanied by photos that show human bodies — lives lost in a German concentration camp that operated during ...

At just 17 years old, Joseph Coy left Pittsfield High School to enlist in the Navy, serving on Utah Beach on D-Day and later ...

Six years after it started, World War II ended in 1945 with Nazi Germany surrendering in May and its leaders ... August 6 and 9: Hiroshima and Nagasaki The U.S. drops atomic bombs on the Japanese ...

Each of the largest cities in Germany reflects the nation's blend ... from its medieval Old Town to its role in post-World War II trials. The Nuremberg Castle, Christkindlesmarkt (Christmas ...