Humanitarian efforts to transport young refugees to safety during World War II faced bureaucratic and political hurdles. Many ...

On Jan. 14 1945, Hucke and 15 other pilots would take off from their base in Metz to strafe nearby German targets on a cold, foggy day. One pilot was experiencing mechanical issues so he and his ...

Among the young men who went off to war but never returned was Lieutenant Clement Aldwyn Neville McGarr.McGarr was born on 24 November 1917 in Johannesburg and moved with his family to Durban in 1923.

During World War II, German fighter aces achieved remarkable success, with many accumulating staggering numbers of air kills.

When Bill Hanchett died in 2016, his son found a bundle of letters and postcards to family that he had written while in the Army Air Forces during World War II. The letters tell a story of the war ...

In the book “Monopoly X,” Philip E. Orbanes tells the true story of how a doctored version of the classic board game was used ...

Thousands of Jewish children fled to Britain and other European countries in the 1938-39 rescue mission known as the ...

BETHESDA, Md. — Quentin C. Aanenson, a fighter pilot whose wartime experiences helped millions of television viewers understand World War II, has died.