Army 1st Lt. Jack Treadwell single-handedly took out six German pillboxes and captured 18 enemy soldiers during World War II.

But the veteran of WWII's Battle of the Atlantic is hoping ... He says the slightest noise on board could have alerted the German submarines. "We were never supposed to make any noise.

Street parties are to be held in Boston to commemorate the 80th anniversaries of Victory in Europe (VE) Day and Victory over ...

In these worst of times, with the world order tottering, I find myself reliving my early days, growing up with a real ...

President Vladimir Putin called on Friday for beleaguered Ukrainian troops in the Russian region of Kursk to "surrender" as ... one not seen since World War II," Trump said. Ukraine's military ...

Sinn Fein has opposed a boost to community grants aimed at helping people celebrate the 80th anniversary of VE Day.

Voice of America went on the air eight weeks after Pearl Harbor. “We bring you voices from America,” journalist William Harlan Hale said in German on Feb. 1, 1942, in ...

Under pressure from Trump and with Russia menacing, Germany's incoming leader plans to revamp the country's defense posture.

TYCHOWO, Poland - Eighty years after his liberation from a German prisoner of war camp, 101-year-old Lester F. Schrenk ...

The March 1945 crossings, by Patton and Montgomery's forces, gave the Allies beachheads with which to invade Germany.

Diplomats have told the Reuters news agency that he'll travel to France next Wednesday ready for talks with his hosts, as well British, Polish and German leaders on Thursday. A third diplomat said ...

Lester Schrenk, a former U.S. Army Air Forces B-17 gunner who was shot down over Denmark in February 1944, spent about half ...