As WWII came to a close, American soldiers returned home not just with stories, but with tangible pieces of history. From ...

During World War II, units of Ranger soldiers faced battles on the beaches of Normandy during D-Day. The rangers will be honored this month.

Lost for decades, WWII airman Joseph Gray's dog tag has finally been reunited with his family through a chance connection, bringing closure 80 years after a deadly plane crash.

The engineer was fatally wounded clearing land mines after the German occupation of the island.

The fatal shooting of a black US soldier when trouble escalated between US troops stationed in Lancashire during World War Two has become a "cornerstone" lesson to local primary school children.

Melvin Huff was just 19 when the Army lost contact with his plane in Papua New Guinea in January 1945.

Germany is marking its first ever Veterans Day with a series of events in Berlin and across the country. Elsewhere, Bayern Munich get their Club World Cup campaign underway in the United States. .

Saving Private Ryan: Scene in which two Czech soldiers are shot dead when it is assumed they are speaking German From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ...

World War II witnessed tremendous growth in the size of American military aviation, from about 2,500 airplanes to nearly 300,000 by the war’s end. The Museum’s collection of 30 World War II-era ...

Haunted by learning that her father was one of Hitler's soldiers, who had bribed her mother for sex, Abba singer Frida Lyngstad now lives the life of a tortured recluse ...