Despite having a powerful military and the support of Britain, France was swiftly defeated by Nazi Germany in just six weeks ...

Christmas includes the anniversary of the Battle of the Bulge, the largest land battle fought by the United States. The battle was hell on earth. On Dec. 16, 1944, Nazi Germany launched an enormous ...

Eighty years since the end of World War II, the British are recalling many battles fought on the path to victory. Yet one ...

As church bells chime and peal the New Year, historians say the looting of more than 150,000 bells during World War II left ...

Lee Sassi, a World War II Army veteran, receives the French Legion of Honor. (Photo from Army.mil) Leggio “Lee” Sassi’s ...

Outgunned and outdated, the French M.S.406 met the German Bf-109 head-on in 1940. What followed was a story of courage, ...

A German mother sheltered three lost American soldiers during the Battle of the Bulge—and did the same for German soldiers hours later.

Newark Advocate history columnist Doug Stout continues the stories of the 12 Licking County men who lost their lives during ...

The push for women's hockey's inclusion in the Olympic Games began in the 1930s by a group of Canadian athletes. It took more ...

Directed by her then-husband Roger Vadim, it was originally released under its French title, Et Dieu… créa la femme, and ...

Here’s a selected list of commercial airplane crashes caused by military acts or by terrorism. June 14, 1940 – Soviet bombers shoot down the Kaleva, a Finnish commercial plane traveling from Estonia ...