Explore the epic story of World War II through Tom Hanks' new 20-part documentary series, premiering next month on History ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Behind the familiar history of World War II lies a forgotten front, lined with unsung heroes in the battlefields of China whose ...

QUINCY — Eighty years after the end of World War II, Wendell Mauter says it’s important to look back at the global conflict. “World War II helped shape so much of the world we live in today,” the ...

Behind the dreamy scenery of the HBO show’s latest location lurks an explosive story of Thailand’s involvement in the conflict and a sunken Japanese tanker Ronan O'Connell - Freelance writer As ...

This remote South Pacific island was home to one of the least necessary battles of World War II. But these days, Peleliu in ...

History is seldom tidy. Eras overlap and unfinished business from one period lingers into the next. World War II was a war like no other in the magnitude of its effects on the lives of people and the ...

During the Second World War, American families placed a Blue Star in their home windows to show that they had a son in the service, and if he died in the war, they replaced it with a Gold Star. Six ...

Judy and Scott Gill of Prairie du Chien, Wis., made a special visit to Fort McCoy on Dec. 2 to deliver 26 vintage photos of Army activities around then-Camp McCoy during World War II and before. Judy ...

When Anna Gabulya saw a television report of a POW’s return to Hungary a half-century after he served during World War II, she noticed the resemblance immediately. She saw in András Toma a likeness ...

Several rare World War II-era aircraft will be making a stop in northeastern Pennsylvania this summer as part of a national ...