During the Second World War, hundreds of thousands of German (and Italian) PoWs were shipped to the United Kingdom and even ...

In the aftermath of the Allied invasion of Sicily, American troops executed dozens of unarmed Italian and German prisoners.

Robert H. Jackson, an American Supreme Court justice who thought of himself as "anything but a warrior," was drafted by FDR ...

IOWANS GATHERED IN WESTERN IOWA TODAY TO PAY RESPECTS TO A VETERAN DECADES AFTER HIS DEATH. SECOND LIEUTENANT BLAINE WILCOX WAS LAID TO REST IN GLENWOOD. KCCI SPOKE WITH ONE OF HIS FAMILY MEMBERS ...

A non-profit group is fighting to save a historical building inside a former WW II prisoner-of-war camp from demolition.

The Tower of London, one of London's most iconic landmarks, played a significant role during and after World War Two, ...

Damien Lewis's blockbuster new book tells the incredible story of how Britain's special forces stole a train to break into a ...

Eminent scholar Roger Moorhouse recently spoke to Military Times to discuss his book, “Wolfpack: Inside Hitler’s U-Boat War," ...

Between "Official Secrets" and "Eye in the Sky," Gavin Hood has quietly cemented himself as Hollywood's political thriller ...

From the ruins of World War II to the quiet heartbreak of stolen childhoods and forbidden love, these 8 books capture history ...

Michael Smuss, a survivor of the Warsaw Ghetto in Poland who resisted the Nazis, has died aged 99 in Israel. He joined the ...

A Gilded Age baron invited Carl Alwin Schenck to manage his forest at the Biltmore Estate. The decision changed America's ...