USA, Oita Prefecture--The last moments of Japan’s mammoth battleship Yamato were captured in extremely rare color footage taken from U.S. military aircraft in World War II, a war-history group said.

Archival footage and dramatizations uncover the legacies of soldiers of color during World War II, by shedding light on the contributions of over 8 million individuals who fought for the Allied ...

More than 70 years later, Lynda Laird photographed the remnants of Normandy's bunkers using infrared film, a medium used by the military in WW2 to detect camouflage by exposing a visual spectrum ...

The Greatest Generation provided inspiration for some of the most compelling moments in cinema history. Here are the best World War II movies to educate and entertain you.

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The Repair Shop fans emotional after Chris Shaw restores special war book that saved man's life ...

Nicole Parker contacted Ms Stonier to say the photo was of her great-grandfather, William Henry Atfield. The pendant, which had been attached to her car keys, was given to her following the death ...

WW2: What was the secret to winning the Battle of Britain? documentWW2: What was the secret to winning the Battle of Britain? The Battle of Britain was a pivotal moment in World War Two ...

World War II witnessed tremendous growth in the size of American military aviation, from about 2,500 airplanes to nearly 300,000 by the war’s end. The Museum’s collection of 30 World War II-era ...

Visit after sunset. – Marisa Méndez, Senior Editor The World War II Memorial was dedicated in 2004 to the 16 million American military members who served during World War II, including the ...

National Geographic will team with actor Idris Elba on a new documentary series profiling World War II heroes of color. The series, The Color of Victory: Heroes of WW2, reveals the untold stories ...

An American World War II-era bomb buried beneath a busy Japanese airport exploded Wednesday, cratering a busy taxiway and forcing the cancellation of dozens of flights, officials said. According ...