An Indianapolis family buried a soldier in the 1940s, believing he was theirs. DNA now confirms his remains are finally being ...

World War II veterans, some age 100 or older, gathered Friday at a Lehigh Valley ceremony marking the 80th anniversary of ...

In just 30 seconds, we use Google Earth to visualize the entire course of World War II. From the initial invasions to the ...

President Harry Truman announced Aug. 14, 1945, that Japan had surrendered unconditionally to end World War II. In several ...

Here’s a look at World War II, which lasted from 1939 to 1945. Causes of World War II The Peace of Paris – The treaties worked out in Paris at the end of World War I satisfied few. Germany, Austria an ...

Japan and China are marking the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II with major events on different dates.

Top collectors on the island have amassed hundreds of thousands of artifacts — and there are still more being found.

Count Folke Bernadotte, the nephew of Sweden's King Gustav V and a colleague of Herman Allen, helped arrange a ceremony for ...

An East Texas World War 2 veteran celebrates a big milestone today, turning 100 years old. Surrounded by friends and family, ...

Cam Pelletier was a 23-year-old serving in the Navy in the South Pacific in August 1945 when President Harry Truman announced ...

Even after the atomic bombs were dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, it was not universally expected that Japan would ...

By the end of World War II, writes Gillespie on his website, the U.S. Army owned 202 unit cars, 80 ward cars, 38 ward dressing cars and 60 kitchen cars—380 cars in total.