In August 1944, seven hundred American soldiers were ordered to hold a rocky hill in Normandy against a massive German ...

Army Pvt. Duane Berry Jr. turned 109 on Feb. 5 in Cantonment. Seriously injured during WWII, he's one of war's oldest ...

In the opening weeks of World War II, a German U boat carried out a daring penetration of Scapa Flow, the Royal Navy’s primary home anchorage. Navigating strong currents, blockships, and narrow ...

I LOVE reading historical facts, especially the kind that make me gasp and immediately re-read the sentence just to be sure I understood it correctly. So when I came across a Redditor asking, ...

A new musical adaptation of the World War II memoir of Polish pianist Władysław Szpilman will be staged later this year at ...

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At the Winter Olympics opening ceremonies on Friday, athletes will march in the traditional Parade of Nations at the San Siro ...

From microwave ovens and the internet to GPS, many of today's familiar technologies were originally developed for military ...

Ute Lemper truly personifies Marlene Dietrich in this fly on the wall autobiography of the screen legend. The show plays two ...

The kickoff festivities reflect the geographical expansiveness of the Games, with athletes parading in Milan, Cortina, Predazzo and Livigno.

In 1955, Olin Mathieson’s golf team included Buzz Taylor, the future USGA president ...

When I recognized the same silence that doomed my family in the Holocaust, I stopped waiting and began using every tool I ...