Much of what defines modern warfare was born during World War II. From combined arms operations to strategic bombing and ...

The Second World War lasted from September 1939 to September 1945. It resulted in the deaths of 70 – 85 million people, more than half of which were civilians. The global conflict incentivized ...

During World War II, American soldiers encountered a German machine gun that outperformed anything they carried into battle.

Fortifications have historically posed immense challenges to attacking armies. Over the centuries, they often necessitated prolonged and costly sieges - draining resources, inflicting heavy casualties ...

The Trump-class vessels will be the largest surface combatants in the world — and the most heavily armed warships built by the US since World War II, according to publicly released specs and an ...

Scientists exploring a World War II weapons dumpsite in the Baltic Sea have discovered swarms of sea creatures thriving on the surfaces of long-abandoned explosives thought to be toxic to marine life.

As church bells chime and peal the New Year, historians say the looting of more than 150,000 bells during World War II left ...

The 21st century battleships would be as different from the Iowa-class battleships of World War II as those warships were ...

Reenactors in olive-colored uniforms ran and ducked over snow-covered ground, weapons-bearing military vehicles rolled along roads and the sounds of 1940s firearms boomed through the air on Feb. 23 at ...