Upper Silesia, where Mr. Wilimowski was born in 1916, was German territory until it was transferred to Poland in 1921 after World War I. Germany under Hitler grabbed it back in 1939 but then lost ...

About two years ago I was talking with Mike, a friend of mine I've known since Ronald Reagan was still in the White House, and he asked me a question out of left field: What if we went on a tour of ...

While discoveries of unexploded World War II ordnance — 80 years on from the end of the conflict — are not uncommon across Germany and parts of Europe, the proximity of the bombs to downtown ...

Excerpt: Rare World War II maps reveal Japan's Pearl Harbor strategy. On December 7, 1941, Japanese forces attacked Pearl Harbor. Maps, both historic and newly created by National Geographic, ...

In Frankfurt, the discovery of a 1.4-tonne bomb in 2017 led to the removal of 65 000 people, the biggest such evacuation in Europe since 1945. In 2021 four people were injured when a World War II bomb ...

World War II veterans return to Normandy's beaches for the 81st D-Day anniversary, with about two dozen mostly centenarian former servicemen receiving warm welcomes from local French people.

The German city of Cologne has finished evacuating 20,500 people, its largest evacuation order since World War II, after officials defused three massive, unexploded bombs.

The German city of Cologne has finished evacuating 20,500 people, its largest evacuation order since World War II, after officials defused three massive, unexploded bombs.

World War II Weekend concludes Sunday, running from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tickets are available at the gate. Originally Published: June 7, 2025 at 3:00 PM EDT. Share this: ...

The Mid-Atlantic Air Museum’s 34th World War II Weekend kicked off with a convoy of military vehicles and reenactors in downtown Reading on Friday. The parade in the 500 block of Penn Street ...

In January of 1944, Loterbaugh joined the Army and served in Company C, 774th Tank Battalion, during World War II. In December 1944, he was a crewmember on an M4 Sherman tank.

Friday marks 81 years since D-Day, the first day of the Normandy landings that laid the foundations for the Allied defeat of Nazi Germany in World War II.