Academy Award-winning actor and filmmaker Tom Hanks continues his long-standing interest in World War II history with a new ...

In addition to Hanks, the WWII series is executive produced by Gary Goetzman and Pulitzer-Prize winning historian Jon Meacham ...

Many of the machines created during World War II were engineered with one goal in mind: to survive anything. Eight ...

If WWII history is one of your interests, you’ll find something here to intrigue you — or one of these fascinating heroines will pique your interest. Read on: ...

DANVILLE, Calif. (AP) — At age 106, Alice Darrow can clearly recall her days as a nurse during World War II, part of a pioneering group that dodged bullets as they hauled packs full of medical ...

Thousands of people were forced to evacuate a bustling neighborhood of Hong Kong overnight while experts sweated through the delicate work of defusing an undetonated nearly 5-foot, 1,000-pound bomb ...

A sailor wearing a costume made from shorts and old signal flags makes his rounds on Guadalcanal island, Christmas Day 1942. (AP) Christmas 1941 was little different for most Americans from that of ...

Aboard the Battleship New Jersey, surrounded by friends, family and the ship’s important legacy, John “Johnny Q” Quinesso Sr. marked a milestone: his 100th birthday. The World War II Navy veteran and ...

NEILLSVILLE − The Highground Museum, located at W7031 Ridge Road in Neillsville, is showcasing stories and artifacts from World War II U.S. Army Air Forces bomb crews. The exhibit, which runs through ...

The USS Cobia submarine recently had its hull number, 245, restored for the first time since 1996. Hull numbers were previously removed to reflect the submarine's mid-1945 appearance when numbers were ...

During World War II, the Allies (particularly the US and UK) massively outproduced the Axis powers (particularly Germany) with bombers and transport aircraft. WWII changed aviation forever and ...