On December 1, Admiral Yamamoto gave aircraft carriers the go-ahead to bomb Pearl Harbor—one of several blows delivered simultaneously in a vast Japanese offensive that expanded World War II ...

One of the most interesting German technologies adopted by Allied powers after WW2 is night vision. While some early versions were developed in the late-1920s, it wasn’t until just before the ...

BERLIN — Some 20,500 people were evacuated on Wednesday from the city of Cologne, in western Germany, as explosives experts prepared to defuse three unexploded World War II bombs found during ...

Homes, shops, hotels and schools were told to evacuate, as well as a large hospital and a major train station in what the city called "the largest operation since WW2". Cologne was subjected to ...

CONNECTICUT (WTNH) — Connecticut’s veterans of World War II received a special honor Monday. Gov. Lamont and state leaders gathered to commemorate the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II.

War movies have always been a controversial topic in Hollywood, particularly due to the politics surrounding them. Most filmmakers tend to stay away from them, while others try to stick to World War I ...

Nielsen told them about Lidia Durr Zakrzewski, a teenager who joined the Polish resistance during World War II. She served as the real-life model for the young heroine in Nielsen’s 2024 novel ...

If you've ever visited a World War II museum and seen some of the dummy bombs on display, you may have noticed a distinct, unusual characteristic on some of them. Some of these bombs possessed ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Russian President Vladimir Putin, center, holds a ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. President Donald Trump has issued a proclamation ...

President Donald Trump late Thursday announced plans to designate May 8 as World War II "Victory Day" in the United States, which coincides with the "Victory in Europe Day" that has been ...

Hearts of Iron 4 remains a titan of the grand strategy genre. Nearly nine years after it launched, the Paradox-developed WW2 game continues to pull in tens of thousands of players daily ...