World War II

The Aug. 9, 1945, bombing came three days after the United States made the world’s first atomic attack on Hiroshima.

Dave Severance spent his retirement trying to set the record straight that there were two flag-raisings that morning in 1945.

A German court on Tuesday convicted an 84-year-old man of illegal weapons possession.

As with remains on other sunken ships, the Navy considers those aboard the Arizona to be in their final resting place.

Gould, a welder, was one of the first six women hired at a shipyard in Richmond in the San Francisco Bay Area for the war...

Rides on the lake in modified former World War II vehicles once were a popular draw in the Branson area.

An Army battalion that made history as the only all-female, Black unit to serve in Europe during World War II is set to be...

The crews were all sworn to secrecy and for years after the war never spoke of their experiences.

Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday marked the 80th anniversary of the Nazi attack on the Soviet Union.

Jack B. Weinstein, a former federal judge, oversaw a series of landmark class-action lawsuits and sensational mob cases in...