80 years ago, American Marines won a costly victory on the Pacific island of Iwo Jima.

D-Day. At Pointe du Hoc the Rangers need to scale the cliffs and capture or disable the guns. Aside from the forces that are ...

BMW is best known for cars, but during World War II, the company was tasked with making airplane engines for the German ...

Two American veterans of World War II who fought to free the Philippines in 1945 are headed back to help mark the 80th ...

Cliff Brown died last month aged 98 at his home in Swanage, Dorset. He was laid to rest today at St Mary's Church in his ...

A 'true hero' Second World War veteran who landed in France on D-Day ahead of the Allied liberation of occupied Europe has ...

The Allied invasion of Italy at Salerno, known as Operation Avalanche, was quickly turning into a disaster. Against hardened German forces, inexperienced Allied troops faced brutal counterattacks, ...

The BBC war drama follows the soldier during his escape from German forces to avoid execution, but his life after the daring getaway was just as dramatic.

It's been nearly half a century since he died in 1979, and yet no actor has wholly embodied the role of cinematic cowboy ...

Oct. 6, 1952, the private train “Eisenhower Express,” carrying Dwight D. Eisenhower and his wife Mamie, rolled into the Great ...

The D-Day operation of 6 June 1944 brought together the land, air and sea forces of the World War Two allied forces in what became known as the largest amphibious invasion in military history.