World War II

Reichsmarschall Hermann Goering thought no one could escape from Colditz Castle. He was wrong.

He swears he didn't do it alone, but corpsman Eleuterio “Joe” Marquez kept his Marines alive through the night at Peleliu.

"Kelly's Heroes" is a 1970 film about a group of ne'er-do-wells who try to get a cache of stolen Nazi gold for themselves.

Bill Crump found a coyote pup while in flight school and then he took it to war during World War II.

The U.S. military's history with tabasco sauces dates back to the Civil War.

Bob Dole, who went on to a lengthy career as a U.S. senator after he was wounded during World War II, died on Dec. 5, 2021...

During World War II, dogs were accepted into military ranks through a coalition known as Dogs for Defense Inc.

John Fox's widow received his Medal of Honor in 1997, more than a half-century after he died while fighting the Germans in a...

The fighting women of Stalingrad that held off the Germans' attack for two days had just graduated from high school.

After looking at the relatively recent history between Russia and Ukraine, you start to understand the tensions.