The Second World War is known for its brutality, with both the Allies and the Axis powers fighting tooth and nail for supremacy. In spite of this, however, there were some incidents in which soldiers ...

The Axis powers initially gained success in WWII through advanced weaponry and engineering, with German innovations ...

According to most historical records and accounts, World War II caused an estimated 70 to 85 million fatalities worldwide.

In 1943, as the Allies make good progress driving back the Axis powers in Italy, Frank Stokes leads an army unit tasked with searching for looted art and returning it to its rightful owners.

After much of Europe had been occupied by the Axis powers for four years, the Allies finally launched their campaign to liberate Western Europe, codenamed Operation Overlord, on 6 June 1944.

As Allied and Axis troops faced each other in the muddy hills and olive groves of western North Africa last week, a U.S. military spokesman made clear for the first time the outline of the bloody ...

From a crumbling pill box in the UK to a derelict rail line in Hawaii, these are the abandoned World War II places that the ...