World War II caused an estimated 75-85 million deaths, including 26 million military and 59 million civilian casualties, with 17.6 million murdered during the Holocaust era, affecting various groups.

All 11 men aboard the bomber were killed. Their remains, deep below the sea, were designated as non-recoverable. That changed ...

Crew of the “Heaven Can Wait” bomber in Papua New Guinea. 2nd Lt. Thomas V. Kelly Jr. is the middle figure in the back row, ...

Pvt. Ben Leslie’s life was snuffed out aboard a Japanese “hell ship” in January 1945. Moored at the port of Takao in present-day Taiwan, the ship Enoura Maru held the New Mexico soldier and other ...

Althaus, a political science and communications professor at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, became curious while researching World War II casualties for work. His mother gave him the ...

In both World War I and II, the bodies of those who died far from home were often left to the care of local communities and ...

A World War II soldier from Gravette who was killed during the D-Day invasion in Normandy will be buried next month, Governor ...

From the American Revolution to modern battles, take a look back at the full toll of U.S. deaths in war this Memorial Day.