The Royal Air Force is for the first time using the “spoils of war” captured from Argentina in the 1982 Falklands Conflict to provide aircraft and parts in front-line squadrons. A senior RAF ...

In 1944, a US Navy task group hunted a Nazi U-boat in a top-secret operation that was only made public after the war ended, marking the first time the service captured an enemy vessel since 1812.

Scientists studied genetic material called mitochondrial DNA. In September 2023, they officially concluded the remains were ...

WWII was full of incredible stories of resilience, but Bob Hoover’s stands out. Learn how this captured American airman outsmarted his captors, stole a German aircraft, and risked it all for freedom.

The Office, which operates under the Australian Defence Force (ADF), uncovered an intact World War 2 Beaufort Bomber aircraft as part of the HydroScheme Industry Partnership Program (HIPP). HIPP is a ...

Harold "Bud" Pressel was awarded the Purple Heart he earned in 1944 when his bomber was shot down over Germany and he was ...

DNA technology proved that Sebastopol’s Yuen Hop was one of three American airmen executed by the SS, then buried in an unmarked German grave in 1944.

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 ...

Over eight decades ago, the US Navy made the historic capture of a Nazi U-boat during World War II. A treasure trove of vital German intelligence ... marking the first time the service captured an ...

Law enforcement officials are crediting license plate technology for assisting in the capture of an Alabama inmate who escaped custody and was captured over 600 miles away at a Buc-ee's in Texas.

an online database of WWII battles. We ranked these battles based on the total military casualties, including killed, missing, captured, or wounded. We included supplementary information regarding ...