Minnesota World War II veteran Les Schrenk recently got a chance to visit the former POW camp in Poland where he was held ...

Evers’ World War II military service helped spur a political awakening. When he returned to the U.S., he led Black veterans to register to vote in Decatur, Miss., in 1946, and white townspeople ...

World War II has always fascinated history buffs and people who like to see societal changes on a massive scale. Some WWII films stand out with more impactful stories or by reinventing the war drama.

CAMP FOSTER, Okinawa — A Spanish historical association dedicated to the Basque ethnic minority and its participation in World War II is taking steps to preserve the memory of soldiers and ...

The first recorded translation of the U.S. anthem, into German, was done by schoolteacher, choir director and future New ...

The national anthem performed by Nezza on Sunday at Dodger Stadium dates back to the 1940s. Here's what to know about El ...

This aircraft, classified as a medium bomber, was the first American aircraft to bomb Japan during the famous Doolittle Raid ...

Here are some of World War II’s most famous spies who gave their all. Josephine Baker. ... then led them to a series of safe houses and across the French-Spanish border in the Pyrenees.

Among other things, it traces Latin America’s largely unrecognized role in the abolition of the doctrine of conquest and the creation, after World War II, of the liberal international order ...

With World War II on the horizon, animal keepers in cities around the world had to face one question: What would happen to their charges? ... the Spanish Civil War and the dawn of the Cold War.

President Donald Trump late Thursday announced plans to designate May 8 as World War II “Victory Day” in the United States, which coincides with the “Victory in Europe Day” that has been ...