The Ford's crew left Norfolk, Va., on June 24, initially bound for the Mediterranean. More than nine months later, the crew ...

Records of mines, explosive devices floating in water, date back to the Ming Dynasty. Modern mines emerged during the ...

During World War II, Sweetwater’s Avenger Field was the primary home of a program that trained women to fly military planes.

Pfc. Norton Retzsch, a Marine Raider from Cincinnati, went missing during a 1943 battle in the Solomon Islands. DPAA used his ...

The final weeks of WWII demanded speed, toughness, and the ability to live out of your pockets. Here, we unpack the full loadout of an 83rd Infantry Division soldier as he fought through Germany.

Early in the Second World War Montgomery commanded the 3rd Division in France and succeeded in impressing Alan Brooke, the ...

From canned food to instant coffee, many everyday staples were born not in kitchens but on battlefields.

U.S. Navy Seaman 1st Class Clyde C. McMeans, 26, was one of the 103 USS California crewmen killed during attacks on Pearl ...

Juergen Habermas, best-known for his theory of political consensus-building, shaped the discourse of post-war Germany more ...

USS Mississippi survived two turret explosions, two kamikaze strikes and fired the last salvo in battleship-to-battleship ...

A team of 15 specialist divers dove into waters off the coast of the Philippines last month—initiating a forensic recovery ...

Italy reports Iranian missile strike near Erbil base hosting 300 troops; no injuries as personnel used shelters; mission ...