Task Force 64 had been looking for the incoming Japanese fleet for several hours. After the crushing Allied defeat in the ...

The U.S. may have fielded the largest aircraft carrier fleet in World War 2, but Japan was no slouch. Through conversions, it ...

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When Japanese forces seized Burma (now Myanmar) in WW2, the Allies had to navigate the skies surrounding the Himalayas to ...

The Battle of Kursk occurred in July 1943 around the Soviet city of Kursk in western Russia, as Germany launched Operation Citadel, Hitler’s response to his devastating defeat by the Soviet Red Army ...

A military parade in Beijing marking the end of World War II will draw leaders from around the world. It's an opportunity for ...

The last surviving member of the French resistance force that withstood a German advance in a key battle in the north African desert in World War II has died aged 103, authorities announced. Paul ...

The last surviving member of the French resistance force that withstood a German advance in a key battle in the north African desert in World War II has died aged 103, authorities announced. Paul ...

This year marks the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II, and communities around the world are marking this occasion in various ways that honor the men and women who gave so much during this ...

Top-secret World War II maps used by Allied troops for the D-Day landings have sold at auction for £23,000 (over $30,000) - after being found in a cardboard box. The collection - giving ...

Since its formation in the mid-19th century, the 2d Cavalry Regiment (2CR) helped shape U.S. military history at the ...