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

In the brutal chaos of the Hürtgen Forest, one German officer made an unthinkable choice—risking everything to save a wounded American.

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.

The First Special Service Force was activated in the summer of 1942. Composed of brave American and Canadian men, the force was one of the foundational units in unconventional warfare. Its members ...

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. .

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.