The United Nations will mark its 80th anniversary this month but there’s little to celebrate. Its clout on the world stage is ...

This immersive documentary explores the final, brutal chapter of the Normandy campaign—the closing of the Falaise Pocket. Over nine days in August 1944, Allied forces cut off the German retreat, ...

Rico, a 9-year-old prehensile-tailed Brazilian porcupine who has been delighting visitors at the Cincinnati Zoo for years, ...

This photograph is believed to show E Company, 16th Regiment, 1st Infantry Division, participating in the first wave of assaults during D-Day in Normandy, France, June 6, 1944. (Chief Photographer ...

Four World War II veterans joined by a small crowd gathered Friday near the War World II Memorial to recognize the 81st anniversary of D-Day.

The grave marker in Holy Sepulchre Cemetery, Rantoul, of Sgt. Joseph Quinlan, who died in France during World War II. Rantoul resident Joe Bolser with his daughter, Katie Bolser, a Marine who ...

A World War II veteran is just weeks away from turning 100.At 99 years old, K.B. Smith is preparing for a trip to France to mark the 81st anniversary of D-Day. When the flight lands, Smith will be ...

transcript. Trains Delayed After World War II Bomb Is Uncovered Near Paris The discovery of the unexploded bomb, which weighed more than 1,000 pounds, near one of France’s largest trains ...

Most of the maps in the IU collection cover Poland, Belarus, Ukraine, the Baltic states and areas of western Russia. They provide a snapshot of a region that underwent tremendous change during the ...

U.S. Army veteran Ceo Bauer, 101, who served in France during World War II, salutes during a ceremony Nov. 22, 2024, in Metz, France, for his former unit, the 95th Infantry Division, which ...

In France, a family reckons with World War II Allies' legacy of rape and murder. November 16, 2024 11:05 AM ET. ... France, holds a book about the town during World War II.

A World War II soldier killed during a battle in France in January 1945 has been identified and his remains will be reburied in Arlington National Cemetery in Virginia.