For years, scores of unexploded practice bombs dating to World War II lay buried beneath the feet of playing children in northern England. What's more, the 175 or so bombs likely would have ...

As part of World War II’s strategy to ... A flotilla of 13 Landing Ship Tanks sailed from Naples to begin the amphibious landing on Jan. 26, 1944. Aboard LST-422 were Companies C, D, and the ...

SYDNEY--A team of explorers announced it found a sunken Japanese ship that was transporting Allied prisoners of war when it was torpedoed off the coast of the Philippines in 1942, resulting in ...

Over the first month of this operation, the ship is credited with downing 12 Japanese aircraft. The Indiana class is perhaps the oldest class of any warship to participate in WWII – it was one o ...

Auschwitz survivors have told Sky News of their pessimism that lessons have not been learnt from history, ahead of the 80th anniversary of the liberation of the concentration camp. "I hope I'm ...

When the law was last invoked in World War II, the Alien Enemies Act provided the legal authority for incarcerating noncitizens of Japanese, German, and Italian descent. It allows presidents to ...

The airport was first used by the U.S. Army Air Force for training during World War II (date unknown for photo). [Courtesy: Curt and Eric Schutze] The airfield’s origins are rooted in World War ...

Every product is carefully selected by our editors. If you buy from a link, we may earn a commission. Learn more During WWII, the British military developed a framework training program to help ...

No one was going to keep young Duane Tunnyhill from fighting in World War II, wearing the uniform of the United States Marines. But the Omaha lad had a big problem. Even after his 17th birthday ...

Lesson plans that include videos of the Tuskegee Airmen, groundbreaking Black pilots known for their service during World War II, and the Women ... they were needed to ship off to war — freeing ...