Elke Weber is a German-American born in 1946, and has gone on a lifetime search for her father, a WWII veteran.

American troops were facing an impossible enemy—German heavy armor like the Panther and Tiger. But in the late days of WWII, ...

Wolf Forster visited a doctor for a checkup recently. As Forster approached the office without a cane or walker, the doctor suggested the 99-year-old La Jolla resident use one just in case he might ...

The body of a hostage handed over by Palestinian militant group Hamas under the terms of the US-backed Gaza peace agreement has been identified as German-Israeli national Tamir Nimrodi. The Hostages ...

The U.S. tried to ban them from military service, but these Japanese-American veterans ultimately became some of the most decorated soldiers in history. Japanese American infantrymen of the U.S.

The Home Guard evolved into a well-equipped and well-trained army of 1.7 million men, according to the Imperial War Museum A collection of World War Two Home Guard papers reveals the volunteer force ...

A Nazi executioner in an infamous World War II photograph has been unmasked for the first time after 80 years, using Artificial Intelligence. The man holding a pistol to the head of a kneeling Jewish ...

GRAND HAVEN, MI -- The remains of a West Michigan native killed in the Pacific Theater during World War II have been identified using DNA and other technology. Staff with the Defense POW/MIA ...

A collection of World War Two Home Guard papers reveals the volunteer force was not "a load of duffers" but highly skilled soldiers, according to a historian. The Home Guard was established in May ...

BERLIN — Germany’s plan to bring back a form of conscription was derailed late Tuesday after last-minute objections from Defense Minister Boris Pistorius upended an agreement among the country’s ...

A Chinese-Canadian war veteran who fought in the Second World War has died at the age of 99. Born in Cumberland, B.C., Gordie Quan was one of hundreds of Chinese-Canadians who fought for Canada during ...