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 ...

Help Register Login Login Hi, %{firstName}% Hi, %{firstName}% Games Car rental A parade in Pittsburgh on March 2 celebrated the 100th birthday of native Julia Parsons, a World War II veteran who for ...

BUTTE — On the 80 th anniversary of the end of World War II, a special plane lands in Butte for the annual Wings and Wheels event at the Bert Mooney Airport. "In 1943 and early 44, before those P-51's ...

Maine residents and first responders saluted as police escorted the remains of WWII Pvt. Willard Merrill from Boston to his hometown of Dover-Foxcroft on Saturday, June 7. The escort stretched along I ...

On June 6, 1944, the Allied invasion of Normandy, known as D-Day, marked a turning point in World War II. The brave troops that stormed the beach paid the ultimate price, but far behind the ...

The emotional performance came nearly 80 years after Gabriel served in World War II. When two of his friends died in a motor shell attack, music became Gabriel’s way of coping with their loss.

Friday, June 6, marks 81 years since the allied forces of World War II stormed the beaches of Normandy, France on D-Day. The amphibious assault – codenamed Operation Overlord – involved landing ...

For those moments, he was 30 again, playing his part in turning the tide of World War II. He spoke about Gilbert then, his voice soft and wistful. “I wonder what ever happened to him?” ...

World War II veterans, now mostly centenarians, have returned with the same message they fought for then: Freedom is worth defending. In what they acknowledge may be one of their last hurrahs ...

(Thomas Banneyer/dpa via AP) Two of the three unexploded World War II bombs are defused and prepared to be loaded onto vehicles for removal, Wednesday, June 4, 2025, in Cologne, Germany. ( Christoph ...

More than 20,000 residents evacuated a German city after three U.S. WWII bombs were discovered in Cologne, requiring hours of careful diffusion work before people could return to their homes.

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. The American bombs ...