A Woonsocket native who was wounded driving a boat full of soldiers onto Omaha Beach on D-Day will receive an award the World ...

VJ Day, also known as Victory in the Pacific Day, or VP Day, falls this year on Friday, August 15. The allied victory will be ...

This Autumn marks the 80th anniversary of VJ Day, when Japan officially offered its surrender to mark the end of World War II ...

"World News Tonight With David Muir" met and traveled with a group of World War II veterans traveling from the US to Normany, France, for the 75th D-Day anniversary.

On Friday, August 15, the Gran Alacant and La Marina Royal British Legion branches are hosting a celebration of the 80th ...

The liberation of Hong Kong is an often overlooked World War II event caused by Japan's surrender. Read on to find out more.

Friday, June 6 marks the 81st anniversary of D-Day, the massive Allied invasion of Normandy in 1944 that became one of the most defining moments of World War II.

World War II veterans return to Normandy's beaches for the 81st D-Day anniversary, with about two dozen mostly centenarian former servicemen receiving warm welcomes from local French people.

Paul Thomas Chamberlin’s book, Scorched Earth, recasts the conflict as a brutal struggle for survival among declining and ...

The World War II Victory Medal was first issued as a service ribbon and in 1946, the medal was established. The medal was awarded to any member of the United States armed services, including members ...

LONDON -- On May 9, Russia will celebrate Victory Day, its huge national holiday commemorating the anniversary of the defeat of the Nazis during World War II with a military parade through the ...

About 300 visitors took a train trip through history this weekend at the Fox Valley Trolley Museum in South Elgin during its Rails to Victory experience. The event featured World War II reenactors ...