But with bombers, battleships, and armored tanks, why were mules and other beasts of burden part of the fight against the Axis powers in World War II? The production’s historian, Dr. Mark ...

Two American veterans of World War II who fought to free the Philippines in 1945 are headed back to help mark the 80th anniversary of the Battle of Manila.

More than 170 bombs from World War II were discovered underneath a children's playground in northern England, officials said, and it is believed that more will be unearthed. The first of the bombs ...

Scores of unexploded bombs dating from World War II have been recovered from a children’s playground in northern England after a chance discovery. Local officials in the town of Wooler ...

Bomb squad crews were called to a house in Northfield on Monday after a family found WWII-era grenades in their garage. Officers were called to the 400 block of College Street South around 4:30 p ...

For years, scores of unexploded practice bombs dating to World War II lay buried beneath the feet of playing children in northern England. What's more, the 175 or so bombs likely would have ...

According to the Allies, one of the most critical aspects of winning World War II was establishing air superiority over the Germans. To ensure the ground effort got to Berlin, the air war had to ...

Black History Month provides all of us a wonderful opportunity to reflect on the innumerable contributions and sacrifices Black Americans have made to the founding and growth of our nation.

Staff Sergeant Yuen Hop went missing after his plane was shot down by enemy fire in 1944 More than 80 years after her brother went missing during World War II, a San Francisco woman was finally ...

Through World War II history and cultural depictions of the Blitz, Americans know plenty about the air raids and blackout precautions to protect civilians in London and other urban industrial centers.

A ground-shifting moment. The post-WWII principle of American leadership, of America as the leading protector of Western principles and Western territory, seems to have been deeply eroded ...

Amateur archaeologists discovered a gold coin in a field, leading to a full-fledged search that revealed 141 Roman-era gold coins from the late fourth century A.D. The coins stretch across the ...