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During the Second World War, atrocities and horrors took place all over Europe as country after country fell to the ...

Jewish population there. As one of the editors of the program pointed out, the information was brought to the attention of ...

The spirals on the noses of German fighter planes in World War II weren't a fashion statement. They had some very practical ...

Exactly 80 years ago, on April 30, 1945, Darby and Sgt. Maj. John “Tim” Evans, were killed. On that same day in WWII, a DUKW ...

Dennis Bishop, 99, recalls vividly the moment he heard that the war was over and that peace was possible. 80 years on, he ...

EXCLUSIVE: With hours to spare, WWII heroes have won a crucial victory, ensuring their emotional commemorative journeys will ...

Soon after her officer training in Washington, she was recruited to a classified code-breaking team. She kept her work secret ...

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

It's proof you can make friends at any age: A couple of World War II veterans from Minnesota and ... He spent a year as a German POW. "We came through the same generation," Schrenk said.

Just over 80 years ago, American troops entered this Venetian city and defeated a ragged but determined German force to ...