An erotic mosaic stolen from Pompeii by a Nazi captain during World War II was finally returned to the ancient site on Tuesday.

Almost 90 US B-29 bombers dropped about 6,000 tons of napalm on Kumagaya, Japan, on the night of August 14-15, 1945. Eighty years later, the scars of that American firebombing remain.

MONROE, La. (KNOE) - On July 16, 1945, the first successful test of the atomic bomb was conducted in Los Alamos, New Mexico.

The first atomic bomb, nicknamed ‘The Gadget’, was launched at the Trinity test site in Alamogordo, New Mexico, on 1945. Led ...

Trump a poor student of World War II history. It is even more tragic to declare May 8th Victory Day for World War II while overlooking the plight of approximately 12,000 American servicemen held ...

World War II brought the strands of world history together. It is not enough to remember the dead, many of whom were deliberately rendered nameless by their killers. For those who survived, the ...

QUINCY — Eighty years after the end of World War II, Wendell Mauter says it’s important to look back at the global conflict. “World War II helped shape so much of the world we live in today ...

The Imperial Japanese Navy destroyer Teruzuki was discovered more than 2,600 feet below the ocean's surface near the Solomon Islands.

And he believes there’s evidence that people are forgetting the lessons World War II taught. “The further this history gets from us, the easier it is to forget that,” he said. “And that’s why this ...

The Jackson County History Center is looking for pictures of World War II and Vietnam veterans to be displayed in a special ...

This year's show commemorates the 80th anniversary of VJ Day, offering aerial battle reenactments of battles from the Pacific ...