A Gustav Klimt painting that helped save the life of its Jewish subject during the Holocaust sold Tuesday to become the second most expensive painting in history.

Not even three months after the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor, Americans on the west coast thought they were under attack. Sirens wailed across Los Angeles in the early morning hours of Feb. 25, ...

The 20th Armored Division landed in La Havre, France, moved into Belgium and then south into France. They crossed the Danube River, captured Munich and liberated the concentration camp at Dachau. The ...

Think about the faith that it took to believe in an ideal America, even when reality fell short,” said Ret 1st Sgt. Robert ...

We always enjoy [History Guy]’s musing on all things history, but we especially like it when his historical stories intersect ...

Try to go to Paris.” That’s life advice from 103-year-old World War II veteran and Henrico County resident Thomas Brown.

Jim Sharp was one of the lucky ones. And at age 101, he’s still around to talk about it. While he feels a “little weak and weary” at times, he considers himself fortunate. He was blessed with another ...

As World War II veterans dwindle, Bay Area families and historians race to preserve their stories before the last voices are ...

Decades later, the family of IU track star “the Mongo Miler” learned how he really died during World War II. And on Veterans ...

Wolf Forster visited a doctor for a checkup recently. As Forster approached the office without a cane or walker, the doctor suggested the 99-year-old La Jolla resident use one just in case he might ...

Troops of the Third Reich fought all over Europe, North Africa, the Atlantic Ocean and the Middle East during the Second World War. They earned a formidable reputation as being professional and ...

A four-year project to convert a World War Two bunker into a three-bedroom house is up for an architectural award. The personnel bunker, in St Pierre du Bois, Guernsey, was built by the German ...