In 1945, before the guns of World War II had even gone silent, Winston Churchill ordered a shocking study: could the Allies ...

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

It’s hard to imagine what Schuylkill County families must have thought when they read the bold headline “WAR IS ON” in the ...

Lt. Morton Sher, 22, died on August 20, 1943, during a mission in central China. For decades, his remains were considered ...

A diplomatic row with Japan over Taiwan has China turning to Britain and France for support, appealing to their shared ...

History is seldom tidy. Eras overlap and unfinished business from one period lingers into the next. World War II was a war like no other in the magnitude of its effects on the lives of people and the ...

In the biting cold of the winter of 1939, the Soviet forces, huddled in their ill-fitting uniforms, trudged through the unforgiving Finnish landscape. The Winter War had begun, and the Soviet military ...

Nakamura, whom Los Angeles County Supervisor Janice Hahn called “a one-of-a-kind American hero,” died on Saturday, Nov. 22.

Charles Norman Shay, a Native American who risked his life to save “countless” fellow soldiers during the D-Day landings near ...

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 ...

After being killed and disappearing 80 years ago, a West Virginia World War II soldier has been accounted for and his remains ...