The March 1945 crossings, by Patton and Montgomery's forces, gave the Allies beachheads with which to invade Germany.
Army 1st Lt. Jack Treadwell single-handedly took out six German pillboxes and captured 18 enemy soldiers during World War II.
What’s Your KCQ? looks back at the prisoner of war camps that were scattered across the KC region during World War II.
French historian Marc Bloch witnessed the swift invasion of France by the Wehrmacht. He noted the Germans’ “embarrassing ...
In The Great Épinal Escape, Ghee Bowman tells the incredible story of forgotten Indian POWs, and their daring escape to ...
TYCHOWO, Poland - Eighty years after his liberation from a German prisoner of war camp, 101-year-old Lester F. Schrenk ...
She was a little girl. Her world was turned upside down. But she maintained her determination and hopefulness,” said friend and author Kristen Arute ...
It was thanks to former WWI pilot Tommy Hitchcock that the P-51 entered U.S service — and changed the skies over Europe ...
The Treaty of Versailles, which was signed on June 28, 1919, was intended to bring peace following World War I — but instead ...
Lester Schrenk, a former U.S. Army Air Forces B-17 gunner who was shot down over Denmark in February 1944, spent about half ...
Santa Anna was a decorated World War II bomber pilot. He was also a descendant of the Alamo conqueror. 'They're going after dead veterans,' his daughter says.
Since World War II, American forces have been stationed on the island. Today, from a remote outpost, they watch the skies.