Facing determined German troops, soldiers of the U.S. Army's 2nd Ranger Battalion scaled this height at a high cost in men in ...

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It is difficult to imagine the terror onboard the U.S.S. Tang on Oct. 24, 1944. The submarine was in the Taiwan Strait off the coast of China that day when it was struck by a circular run of its own ...

After World War I, Germany's economy suffered from depression and a devaluation of its currency. On January 30, 1933, Adolf ...

Day, BYU geologists uncover lingering WWII shrapnel on Normandy beaches to study how history still shapes the coastline today ...

More than 20,000 residents were evacuated from Cologne's city center Wednesday after the bombs were unearthed on Monday ...

The German U-boat U-853 was sunk off the coast of Point Judith, Rhode Island, in May 1945, marking the last U.S. merchant ...

The AAD has come a long way since the first battle inoculations of World War II. It was further blooded in the 1965 and 1971 wars with Pakistan, in which its regiments played a major role in the ...

U.S. Army Pvt. James G. Loterbaugh of Roseville, Ohio, killed in World War II, was accounted for on Sept. 20, 2024. Loterbaugh was born on March 25, 1909 Hocking, Athens, Ohio, and was killed in ...

Within this tradition, World War Two is a frequent subject of speculation. Chidgey’s alternative history hinges on a more subtle difference. What if Major Axel von dem Bussche’s 1943 attempted ...

Israel has insisted that Hamas disarm completely, be dismantled as a military and governing force and return all 58 hostages still held in Gaza before it will agree to end the war. Hamas has ...