No one was going to keep young Duane Tunnyhill from fighting in World War II, wearing the uniform of the United States Marines. But the Omaha lad had a big problem. Even after his 17th birthday ...

This year marks the quincentenary of the publication of First Voyage Around the World, 1519-1522: An Account of Ferdinand ...

Europe was on fire in 1942. Nazi Germany had consumed much of the continent and was at the peak of its military-industrial ...

Photos donated to a Hungarian archive reveal the devastating aftermath of the siege of Budapest, which ended 80 years ago.

The second world war marked a turning point in the history of childhood. To train young people to build peace, authorities ...

A pigeon unintentionally became a hero during World War II and was awarded The Bravery Medal. It has been reported that the medal the pigeon was awarded has gone up for auction for £10,000. Tommy, a ...

A medal awarded to a homing pigeon who helped the Dutch resistance during World War Two has been sold at auction for £30,000. Tommy, from Dalton-in-Furness, Cumbria, was blown off course and ...

World War II brought Nazi occupation in 1940. Dutch resistance fighters, battling for their homeland, tried to protect the city’s Jewish population and all of its citizens. The Diary of a Young Girl ...

Sniper Elite: Resistance reintroduces that tried-and ... Sniper Elite is a third-person shooter set during World War II, and like other games in the series, it can be played in first-person ...

A postman found him exhausted and gave him to pigeon fancier and Resistance member Dick Dryver ... the animal equivalent of the Victoria Cross, at the Dutch embassy in 1946 and became a local ...