Despite the looming threat of a government shutdown, Wednesday's Triad Honor Flight is still on as scheduled, but not without ...

Large parts of Dresden's Old Town were evacuated on Wednesday as experts sought to defuse an unexploded World War II bomb found during clearance work for a collapsed bridge. Some 17,000 people were ...

In World War II, both Germany and Japan surrendered unconditionally. As the World War I armistice was being negotiated, Germany won small concessions, but the allies generally imposed their will, an ...

The discovery of a World War II bomb in Slovakia's capital during construction work prompted evacuations on Tuesday, officials said. The emergency measure covered several blocks in downtown Bratislava ...

This week marks 80 years since Germany unconditionally surrendered to the Allies, bringing the Second World War to an end in Europe. The war killed an estimated 75 million people, including troops and ...

One of the last surviving combat aces from the war, he took down five Japanese aircraft and helped save a destroyer during the Battle of Okinawa. By Richard Sandomir On April 6, 1945, during the ...