In 1944, when Lois Widmark was 22, she wanted to help with the war effort. So she and a friend decided to join the Navy.

Twelve years after its release, The Imitation Game, starring Benedict Cumberbatch, is now streaming for free. Find out more about the WW2 biopic here.

For the Japanese people, Hirohito was a god. But behind the gilded facade and the royal duty he was born to, Hirohito was just a man like any other, and a flawed one at that. While his reign as ...

The World War II siren that many residents have become accustomed to hearing every Friday for decades at noon may soon blare ...

He had read a book about the Nazi occupation of Denmark and wanted to show the ''deepest respect and appreciation''.

On Feb. 21, Sten Gould turns 100 years old. His wartime journals have preserved the voice of a soldier who copied Nazi morse code transmissions, walked through Hitler's bombed-out home and came home ...

Southern Minnesota's Lois Widmark, 104, played a key role in helping the Allies gain victory in World War II. Stock markets continue to be dominated by developments in the Middle East as the major ...

Thomas Begay, a Marine veteran and Navajo Code Talker, was chosen as the grand marshal of the 81st Iwo Jima Flag Raising Parade in Sacaton.

As a result, there is no question that some military inventions found a place during the war, but looking back today, they ...

During World War II, British women were factory workers, codebreakers, spies and air raid wardens. How did such roles contribute to the Allies’ victory?

World War II leader Winston Churchill is to be dropped from the UK £5 banknote in favour of a nature scene, sparking outrage from some lawmakers who said he should ...