A blinding light like thousands of strobe lights — that's how Toshiko Tanaka described the morning, 80 years ago today, the United States dropped an atomic bomb on Hiroshima. On Aug. 6, 1945, the ...

A long-unknown WWII soldier is finally named, as Youngsville plans a tribute honoring his identity, service and decades-long mystery.

1945 stands as a defining year in history where the end of World War II brought upon both celebration as well as devastation. Nations up and began to rebuild from numerous years of conflict. This ...

The 10 planes that won World War 2 ...

The day before Armistice Day 1945, 80 years ago this month, the Pottsville Republican ran a list of Schuylkill County residents who died in World War II. Tragically, the list had 963 names on it. The ...

SOUTHBRIDGE - The remains of a World War II airman from Massachusetts have been positively identified, nearly 80 years after he went missing in action. U.S. Army Air Forces Sgt. Edward Kovaleski was ...

Japan occupied all or part of over 20 countries during World War II. The U.S. and its allies liberated many of the Pacific Islands in hard-fought naval and amphibious battles before ending the war ...

On Dec. 7, 1941, a date Pres. Franklin D. Roosevelt condemned to live in infamy, the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor prompted America’s entrance into World War II. On Sept. 2, 1945, about 1,365 days ...

World War II veterans participated in a ceremony at the National World War II Memorial in Washington, D.C., marking the … This U.S. Navy World War II combat ...

World War II officially began on September 1, 1939, with Nazi Germany's invasion of Poland. The war would continue to rage in Europe, Africa, Asia, and Oceania for six years, coming to an end in 1945.

As naval warfare reemerges as a key strategy in the US war with Iran, World War II museum ships are finding new relevance.