Many residents of the Voroshilov and Red Plowman farm cooperatives, fleeing from the Nazi brutalities, hid in cellars. German soldiers pelted their hiding places with grenades, and those who tried to ...

As part of World War II’s strategy to liberate Italy from the Nazis, the Allies sent an invasion force of 36,000 troops with naval and air support to land behind German lines at Anzio and to cut ...

Milena Bernabo, awarded one of Italy's top civilian honours for saving three children from a Nazi-Fascist massacre during World War II, died Sunday ... and targeted by German machine gun fire.

More than 170 World War II-era practice bombs have been found beneath a playground in England during a renovation ... “It’s quite something to think the children have been playing on bombs ...

During WWII, Britain planned to build an unsinkable aircraft carrier… out of ICE! Dubbed Project Habakkuk, this massive frozen warship was meant to counter German U-boats and revolutionize naval ...

He held the ceremonial post of German president after a finance-focused career. Shortly into his second term, he became the first German president in four decades to resign. By Lynsey Chutel Horst ...

The German philosopher saint was canonized on Oct ... was a monastery superior who also cared for children. Throughout her imprisonment she offered her fear and pain to Jesus.

Vernon Baker is among the seven Black American troops to receive the Medal of Honor for their actions during WWII. (DOD ... terrain and well-prepared German defenses along the Gothic Line.

A community group is commemorating the 80th anniversary of a fascinating part of wartime history by raising funds to repair and upgrade a memorial.

Margery Hop Wong last saw her older brother Sgt. Yuen Hop in 1943. He was a soldier missing in action, until researchers ...