The P-47 Thunderbolt was considered too heavy to defeat Germany's best fighters. Colonel Hubert Zemke and the 56th Fighter ...

Cyrus Bloom still remembers the code names, weather maps, and bomber crews from his time as an Army Air Corps meteorologist.

World War 2 was fought with weapons, strategy, and plenty of deception. Allied forces used fake tanks, false radio traffic, ...

This SW FL man has vivid memories of the U.S. soldiers who came to his English village, then suddenly left town for the massive D-Day invasion.

The front page of the Deseret News on July 10, 1940, as the Battle of Britain begins in the skies above England. Editor’s ...

The D-Day invasion marked the start of the Battle of Normandy during World War II. The date of the invasion was June 6, 1944, ...

At the height of his Hollywood career, Jimmy Stewart had everything - fame, success, and an Academy Award. Then he walked ...

Dozens of foreign brides rejoined their discharged husbands in Erie after World War II. Families and organizations mustered ...

During World War II, the United States established prisoner of war (POW) camps on its soil for the first time since the Civil ...

The story of Masters of the Air follows the men of the 100th Bomb Group, an American Air Force unit tasked with carrying out some of the most dangerous missions of World War II over occupied Europe.

The war in Ukraine has often been compared to World War I for its brutal infantry assaults and heavy casualties. Yet the idea ...

Michael Dodds recalls American soldiers arriving in his British village during World War II. As a child, Dodds and his friends befriended the G.I.s, who shared candy and stories with them. The ...