How women played a crucial role in halting Hitler’s terrorizing V2 rockets, the weapons that reshaped modern warfare.

During World War II, U.S. Navy cruisers filled a vital niche between the powerful but slow battleships and the less powerful but fast destroyers.

The Blackburn B-25 Roc was a naval fighter that was first introduced to the Royal Navy in early 1939. The aircraft was designed to function as a dive bomber and fighter, so it was armed with four ...

Netflix currently streams several World War II movies, but a few stand above the rest. Updated by Jordan Iacobucci on May 21, 2025: World War II buffs can't do much better than a Netflix subscription.

Three U.S. World War II bombs found in Cologne defused after prompting the evacuation of 20,000 residents and the closure of hospitals, businesses and transportation routes.

The German city of Cologne has finished evacuating 20,500 people, its largest evacuation order since World War II, after officials defused three massive, unexploded bombs.

A World War II series has been garnering rave reviews from fans, with some even dubbing it a "masterpiece." The show, available to Netflix subscribers, narrates the tales of five friends during ...

Before World War II, the Cap Arcona was a German cruise ship for the well-to-do. For more than a decade after its 1927 launch, the ocean liner transported well-heeled passengers from Europe to ...

Warner Bros. Pictures Dunkirk chronicles the titular evacuation of World War II, using three perspectives — land, sea, and air — to tell various stories about the chaos unfolding across France.

Over 700,000 American soldiers and sailors served in engineering units during World War II; 325,000 were Seabees and the remainder with the Army.