The Type seven and Type nine were the striking force of the Kriegsmarine during the Battle of the Atlantic - a German attempt ...

During World War Two, hundreds of cargo ships raced across the Atlantic in an effort to keep Britain supplied. But these ships were being sunk by German U-boats, warships and aircraft. In 1940 alone, ...

The 117-foot long Philippine Mars flew is one of two of its kind still in existence, anchored in Alameda overnight.

After more than 80 years hidden beneath the waves off Rio de Janeiro, the location of a Brazilian troop transport ship torpedoed and sunk by Nazi Germany was definitively confirmed by Brazil’s navy ...

Feb. 3 is the 82nd anniversary of the sinking of the USAT Dorchester in the north Atlantic Ocean by a German U-boat.

It hadn't been flown since its last firefighting mission in 2012. The 80-year-old World War II-era plane spent the night in the Bay Area, and will retire, ending its long voyage at the Pima Air ...

Unexploded bombs from World War II have detonated without warning before. Last October, a bomb dropped by the U.S. during the war exploded at an airport in Japan, causing a large crater on a runway.

Total US government debt held by the public is projected to reach 107% of GDP by 2029, exceeding the 106% record set in 1946, just after the end of World War II.

One of the most inspiring anti-Nazi German heroes of World War 2 was Dietrich Bonhoeffer ... The filmmaker told us: “It was so thought-provoking. I didn't know his story at all.

West Palm Beach centenarian Franklin Simon, who celebrated his 100th birthday in June, served heroically in Europe during World War II.