Last French commando who took part in D-Day landings dies at 100
Leon Gautier was one of only 177 elite French troops who were able to join the brazen Allied attack on Nazi-occupied France in 1944.
World War II
Diver finds long-lost WW2 submarine after searching for 25 years
HMS Triumph was officially declared missing with 64 people on board in January 1942.
What happened on D-Day?
While D-Day and subsequent Battle of Normandy were gripping, the reason it is called D-Day is anticlimactic.
AAPI Heritage Month: One woman's incredible story of determination and true grit
Her name is Kiyo Sato, and she just celebrated her 100th birthday.
Remains of Indiana soldier killed during World War II identified
The remains of U.S. Army Pfc. Leonard E. Adams were accounted for in July of 2022 with the help of dental and anthropological analysis.
Chinese barge suspected of "desecration" of WWII shipwrecks
More than 800 sailors were killed when the HMS Prince of Wales and HMS Repulse were torpedoed by Japanese aircraft — three days after the attack on Pearl Harbor.
Large, unexploded WWII bomb forces 2,500 to evacuate in Poland
The 550-pound Germany aerial bomb was found near a railway overpass in the city of Wroclaw during construction work.
U.S. warship sunk by "kamikaze bomb" during WWII found off Japan
84 U.S. sailors were killed in the sinking, according to the Naval History and Heritage Command.
U.S. identifies remains of WWII soldier who vanished in 1944
More than 70 years passed before scientists determined that remains from a burnt-out tank found in Gey, Germany, could be those of the missing crewman Joe A. Vinyard.
Putin marks "Victory Day" as Ukraine deflects his latest missile salvo
Vladimir Putin presided over a toned-down parade in Moscow as his war effort in Ukraine cost him more troops and more missiles, with little to show.
Zelenskyy vows on VE Day to defeat Putin "just as Nazism was defeated"
As the world marked the anniversary of Nazi Germany's 1945 surrender, Russia, which helped beat Hitler, unleashed a fresh attack on its neighbor.
Wreckage of sunken Japanese WWII ship found
The wreckage of a Japanese ship that was torpedoed during World War II off the coast of the Philippines has been found. The ship was carrying Allied prisoners of war, most of them Australians, when it sank in 1942. All 1,080 people aboard perished.
Explorers locate WWII ship sunk with over 1,000 Allied POWs
Those killed included 1,080 people from 14 nations.
Ben Ferencz, last living Nuremberg prosecutor, dies at 103
Ferencz secured convictions for 22 former Nazi commanders who were charged with murdering over 1 million Jews, Gypsies and others.
Auschwitz Memorial criticizes WWE for using image of concentration camp
"Exploiting the site that became a symbol of enormous human tragedy is shameless and insults the memory of all victims of Auschwitz."
Remains of WWII airman identified 79 years after he was killed in action
The engineer was on board an aircraft that went down in southern England during the summer of 1944.
Video shows huge World War II anti-ship mine being destroyed
Authorities sounded emergency sirens to mark the removal of the bomb with 1,500-pounds of explosives.
Remains of WWII pilot who saved 7 airmen from crash identified after 79 years
William Montgomery steered a damaged aircraft from Germany to England so that his crew could safely parachute to land. He died in the plane crash.
World War II airman from Texas identified 80 years after being killed in action
Frank C. Ferrel was 31 when he died in 1943. He was buried as an "unknown" for nearly a century.
Musical instruments of hope
Musical instruments that were almost lost during World War II are not only being recovered and repaired, but they're also teaching lessons from the past in the universal language. Manuel Bojorquez has more.
WWII-era bomb explodes in England in "unplanned" detonation
Officials first became aware of the 550-pound bomb on Feb. 7.
Book excerpt: "The Nazi Conspiracy"
Brad Meltzer and Josh Mensch's New York Times bestseller examines an alleged Nazi plot to assassinate Franklin Roosevelt, Winston Churchill and Josef Stalin as they attended a 1943 summit meeting in Tehran.
"The Nazi Conspiracy": The WWII plot to kill FDR, Churchill and Stalin
In their latest bestseller, Brad Meltzer and Josh Mensch write of an assassination plot aimed at Allied leaders attending a 1943 summit in Tehran – a conspiracy that, if successful, could have changed the outcome of the war.
Remains of Ohio pilot shot down over Germany in WWII identified
Six of the 10 crew members were able to escape the plane before it crashed, while pilot Carl Nesbitt and the rest were killed.
Declassified map sparks treasure hunt for riches looted by Nazi troops
One man with a metal detector said he'd scoured the area for decades and "found some nice Roman objects," but never knew there could be "Nazi treasure," too.
Trump hikes tariffs on Canada by another 10% in response to anti-tariff ad
The move comes even though Ontario's leader said the anti-tariff ad would be halted beginning Monday.
Hurricane Melissa strengthens into a powerful Category 3 storm in the Caribbean
Melissa strengthened into a major hurricane and is expected to bring "catastrophic" flash flooding and landslides to Jamaica, Haiti and the Dominican Republic.
Kamala Harris leaves the door open for another presidential run
Former vice president Kamala Harris spoke about the possibility of a woman being in the White House one day in an interview with the BBC.
Trump travels to Asia to meet China's Xi, as government shutdown continues
President Trump met with the emir and prime minister of Qatar Saturday aboard Air Force One during a refueling stop.
Trump calls for prosecution of more political foes including Smith and Garland
President Trump late Friday pushed for several Biden-era Justice Department officials to be prosecuted over an FBI investigation into the fallout of the 2020 election.
At least 4 killed in Ukraine after Russian missile and drone attacks
Russian missile and drone attacks on Ukraine overnight into Saturday killed at least four people and wounded 20, officials said.
Honduran man killed on Virginia highway while fleeing ICE agents
Jose Castro-Rivera was in a vehicle that was stopped on a Virginia highway on Thursday morning, according to Virginia State Police.
June Lockhart, actor known for "Lassie" and "Lost in Space," dies at 100
June Lockhart, the actor best known for her role as the matriarch in the TV series "Lassie", has died, her family spokesperson said Saturday.
Government shutdown hits Day 26 with no deal in sight
The government shutdown hit Day 26 with no deal in sight as the Senate stands adjourned for the weekend.