A white granite headstone in Section 60 of Arlington National Cemetery bears a name that sounds American: Larry Allan Thorne.

The Battle of Stalingrad marked the turning point of World War II on the Eastern Front. It transformed the momentum of the war, shifting the balance of power from Nazi ...

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The film's synopsis reads: "German soldiers (Dominique Horwitz, Thomas Kretschmann, Jochen Nickel) go from victory to ...

Amid the chaos of World War II, the German advance swept across Europe with devastating speed and precision. Entire towns became battlefields, and soldiers faced unimaginable conditions as lines ...

Kramer was among a dozen young Germans spending a week on a “taster” program with their country’s Navy. The initiative is ...

Many Arkansans are familiar with Edward Payson Washbourne's 1856 painting called "The Arkansas Traveler." In succeeding years the name would be applied to a riverboat, a racehorse, a newspaper and a ...

He single-handedly held off 250 German troops and six tanks, saving an entire company. And that was just the start of what he ...

Watching zombie horror on Halloween is the perfect fit, but it isn't the only time to indulge in some greatly scary stuff.

Maine Senate candidate Graham Platner is under fire for a tattoo resembling the Nazi SS Totenkopf, which he says he got ...

Fred Whipple has long been recognized as a major contributor to our understanding of space and spaceflight—with contributions ...

A World War Two veteran celebrated his 100th birthday with an emotional surprise that took him straight back to his army days ...