In the spring of 1945, the U.S. Navy quietly handed over 149 warships to the Soviet Union at a remote Alaskan outpost, ...

When American guns made German bunkers useless in World War II, a revolutionary weapon changed fortification warfare forever: the U.S. M1 240mm howitzer. This super-heavy artillery was capable of ...

What began as a search through forgotten foxholes and dump sites quickly turned into a revealing look at how American troops ...

At the World War II American Experience Museum in Gettysburg, history is not only something you can see but, something you can feel. The museum hosts a plethora of events that bring history to life.

For certain families in the years after WWII, though, they were perfect — a chance to have a home of one’s own, an answer to a serious housing shortage. So was born Levittown, about 40 miles outside ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A man walks through the Manila American Cemetery during a Veterans Day ceremony on November 11 ...

Stay on top of what’s happening in the Bay Area with essential Bay Area news stories, sent to your inbox every weekday. Bay Area-raised host Ericka Cruz Guevarra brings you context and analysis to ...

During World War II, American fighter aircraft played a major role in establishing air superiority across multiple theaters. Planes like the P-47 Thunderbolt and P-38 Lightning combined speed, ...

Across Belgium and the Netherlands, local families continue a decades-long tradition of caring for the graves of American ...