The members of the 65th were among more than 1.3 million who passed through Camp Shanks on their way to fight in Europe in World War II.

At the dawn of World War II, an army of 42,000 Nazi soldiers marched into northwest Poland en route to the country's capital, Warsaw. But they were stopped at the tiny village of Wizna — by a ...

In France, a family reckons with World War II Allies' legacy of rape and murder. November 16, 2024 11:05 AM ET. Heard on Weekend Edition Saturday. Eleanor Beardsley ...

Italy, the spring of 1944. The American 5th Army had invaded months earlier, but found itself stuck in a stalemate against Italian and German forces in the winter months.

That number includes as many as 100,000 civilians, 110,000 Japanese troops and Okinawa conscripts, and more than 12,000 American and allied troops, according to the National World War II Museum in ...

Historian John McManus rates the accuracy of World War II battles in movies and TV shows. He looks at the bombing raids in "Masters of the Air," starring Austin Butler and Barry Keoghan.

From left, World War II and Battle of the Bulge veterans David Marshall, U.S. Army 84th Infantry Division, from New York; Gilbert Charleston, 101, Choctaw Nation Elder, 739th Tank Battalion, from ...

John Wardell is one of just five remaining Army Rangers out of 6,500 in World War II, and he has been honored with a ...

An estimated 240,000 people were killed or went missing in the Battle of Okinawa during World War II. Eighty years later, the scars remain, allowing visitors to get up close and touch history.