In 1945, during World War II, a Soviet submarine torpedoed ... Today’s birthdays: Actor Gene Hackman is 95. Actor Vanessa Redgrave is 88. Former U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney is 84.

Partially funded by the British government following the devastation of World War II, this widely lauded ... cast includes Gerard Butler, Vanessa Redgrave, Brian Cox, and Jessica Chastain, and ...

A chance discovery reveals an 80 year old story of battlefield sacrifice, adding new chapters to the history of two families.

Scores of unexploded bombs dating from World War II have been recovered from a children’s playground in northern England after a chance discovery. Local officials in the town of Wooler ...

Bancroft Press will publish the sequel to John Winn Miller's award-winning "The Hunt for the Peggy C" on March 4.

World War II veterans are described as “The Greatest Generation” because of their courage, patriotism and strength in the ...

"Protect the future, honor the past," was the signature phrase of the last living survivor of the USS Arizona, befriended by ...

From seeing nearly hundred-year-old bullet holes strewn across buildings to being in the same room where allied leaders ...

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 ...

After the policy forbidding German Jews from serving in the U.S. military was changed during World War II, Pins joined the Army and was going through basic training, believing he would be sent ...

The following day, Japanese forces lost one of the world’s two biggest battleships, Musashi, to carrier planes of the U.S. Third Fleet, which in turn lost its light carrier Princeton.