In downtown Manila, rows upon rows of headstones are laid out on the gentle slopes of a hilltop, the largest single burial ground for US World War II casualties.

On Jan. 21, 1945, San Diego newspapers reported a wide range of wartime activities as World War II neared its final months.

Transferred late in World War II, Japanese prisoners of war encountered suspicion in southwest Iowa before labor demands ...

The day before Armistice Day 1945, 80 years ago this month, the Pottsville Republican ran a list of Schuylkill County residents who died in World War II. Tragically, the list had 963 names on it. The ...

SOUTHBRIDGE - The remains of a World War II airman from Massachusetts have been positively identified, nearly 80 years after he went missing in action. U.S. Army Air Forces Sgt. Edward Kovaleski was ...

Gen. Alfred Jodl, German chief of staff under the Doenitz Regime, signs the document of “Unconditional Surrender” under which all remaining forces of the German army are bound to lay down their arms ...

World War II officially began on September 1, 1939, with Nazi Germany's invasion of Poland. The war would continue to rage in Europe, Africa, Asia, and Oceania for six years, coming to an end in 1945.

The war that had dominated their youth was drawing to a close. The Amsterdam High School class of 1945 yearbook reported that students would never forget the D-Day assembly on June 6, 1944 and the ...