The PPSh-41 was the Soviet Union’s answer to close-quarters combat in World War II. Cheap to manufacture and easy to use, it fired at a blistering rate with its iconic drum or stick magazines. This ...

Donald McPherson, a World War II veteran considered the nation's last surviving "ace" pilot from the conflict, has died at the age of 103 in Nebraska. While serving as a Navy pilot of F6F Hellcat ...

The information provided about this artwork was compiled as part of the Smithsonian American Art Museum's Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture database, designed to provide descriptive and ...

In a ceremony at Pearl Harbor, where Imperial Japan’s surprise Dec. 7, 1941, attack drew the United States into World War II, a crowd gathered Tuesday on the pier beside the battleship USS Missouri — ...

BEIJING (AP) — China hosted several world leaders at a military parade in Beijing that marked the 80th anniversary Wednesday of the end of World War II. 4. No. If KISD’s solution is to close failing ...

Navy Secretary John Phelan, left, leads an assumption of command ceremony welcoming Marine Corps Maj. Gen. David J. Bligh, middle, as the newest Navy JAG at the Washington Navy Yard in Washington, D.C ...

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BEIJING (AP) — China hosted several world leaders at a military parade in Beijing that marked the 80th anniversary Wednesday of the end of World War II. This is a photo gallery curated by AP photo ...