Jewish D-Day hero Mervyn Kersh stormed Nazi-held France in 1944 and later helped liberate Bergen-Belsen concentration camp ...

Werner Hartenstein pulled drowning British troops from the Atlantic Ocean in September 1942. The German U-boat commander was ...

The ship will displace more than 35,000 tons and be capable of speeds exceeding 30 knots, according to the Navy. The ...

A bleary-eyed man jolts awake, staring in disbelief as a neat row of fleas on his blanket stiffen their spindly legs and ...

Omaha Beach was one of the deadliest battles of World War 2, and its outcome was uncertain in the opening hours. This video highlights Brigadier General Norman Cota and the decisions that helped ...

In a narrow sense, the Admiral Hipper “won” the naval battle; it inflicted damage on the British convoy and escaped to fight ...

Christmas is traditionally intended to be a time of peace and celebration—but most recent wars have continued unabated during the holiday season.

The experience at battle solidified Howard Buford’s approach to life. ‘I don’t carry grudges around. I don’t carry anger around.” ...

On the morning of December 16, 1944, more than 200,000 German soldiers and about 1,000 tanks launched a surprise attack on ...

In small town America, boys with absent heads of households were taken under the wing of World War I veterans from such ...

Europe must prepare for a conflict with Russia “on the scale our grandparents endured”, Nato’s secretary general has said in a stark warning to the West. Tensions have been escalating across the ...