In the Caribbean Sea, the German submarine U-94 surfaced, wounded and desperate after a failed ambush. HMCS Oakville quickly ...

The "Dragon" in question was a captured German Focke Achgelis Fa 223 helicopter, the first of its kind to fly over the English Channel. It landed under a veil of utmost secrecy at Beaulieu ...

A war veteran who fought in the Battle of Arnhem has been honoured in the King's Birthday Honours, just weeks shy of his ...

Facing determined German troops, soldiers of the U.S. Army's 2nd Ranger Battalion scaled this height at a high cost in men in ...

Nicknamed the “Bloody Bucket” by the Germans, the 28th Infantry Division played a major role during the Battle of the Bulge.

He received World War II books, even though he can’t read the ones written in Czech. The Embassy is mailing him a U.S. flag that flew there May 6, the 80th anniversary of U.S. troops liberating ...

In ‘Operation Biting,’ Max Hastings narrates a daring action by British special forces that could have come from the pen of ...

He received World War II books, even though he can’t read the ones written in Czech. The Embassy is mailing him a U.S. flag that flew there May 6, the 80th anniversary of U.S. troops liberating ...

A spook for over a quarter of a century, Metreweli was ‘Q’ at the spy agency. Now she’ll be known as ‘C’. Here’s why.

Owen's Bronze Star was posthumously upgraded to the Distinguished Service Cross for his actions during WWII ... 1944, and captured La Fiere Bridge, just west of Utah Beach. A day later, after vicious ...

To make D-Day a success, the Allies thought they might have to break through formidable German defences. One unconventional idea was a "giant firework".