In the final days of World War II, hundreds of thousands of German soldiers and civilians fled west to surrender to American forces. This story follows General Walther Wenck, collapsing German armies, ...

An army veteran who spent five years in a German prison camp during World War Two has been laid to rest. Eric Reeves, from ...

A World War Two veteran who fought in Normandy as a teenager before becoming a prisoner of war has died at the age of 100, a ...

Elisabeth Vincken had listened to artillery fire for eight straight days before someone knocked on her cottage door on ...

Les Schrenk and Casey Bukowski already share a special bond as World War II veterans. After all, not many from the Greatest Generation are still alive. But when Schrenk, 102, and Bukowski, 101, met ...

World War II was nearing its end in March 1945 when Russell Sattazahn found himself taking cover from enemy fire with other GIs in the basement of a German house. At first they felt protected, but the ...

Of the 61 missions that Racine native Robert Goebel flew over Italy and southern Europe during World War II, one of them left a particularly vivid memory in the P-51 Mustang fighter pilot's mind. As ...

The post-war narrative of the German U-boat efforts follows several stages: the first “Happy Time,” followed by the second “Happy Time,” and then utter destruction by the Allies. In reality, the ...

WWII veteran Wilbur Myers recalls quietly singing Christmas carols with German soldiers across the river during the 692nd Tank Destroyer Battalion’s 1944 Europe campaign.

A group of World War II veterans are heading overseas from Boston to see their old battlegrounds. The trip was made possible by fundraisers and donations. It's an incredible operation, giving the ...

SURPRISE, AZ (AZFamily) — Tom Copeland wears a name tag at a senior living community these days, but he used to wear dog tags. The 101-year-old World War II veteran received multiple medals for his ...