A German submarine torpedoed the "Vital de Oliveira" in July 1944, killing some 100 of the 270 crew members onboard ...

Local politician Mark Mather told the BBC that the area was reportedly used to train the Home Guard volunteer army during World War II, and it appeared that after the war the ordnance was buried.

After more than 80 years hidden beneath the waves off Rio de Janeiro, the location of a Brazilian troop transport ship ...

The Brazilian Navy has confirmed the location of the sunken warship Vital de Oliveira. The vessel transported troops during ...

According to the Allies, one of the most critical aspects of winning World War II was establishing air superiority ... planes in one three-year span during the conflict. The Hellcat was a crucial ...

During World War II, the U.S. Committee on Medical Research (CMR) undertook an integrated, cross-sectoral effort to develop medical science and technology for war, representing the U.S. government's ...

One of the most inspiring anti-Nazi German heroes of World War 2 was Dietrich Bonhoeffer, a Lutheran pastor who vocally condemned Adolf Hitler’s euthanasia program and genocidal persecution of ...

Volunteers believed the structure was a former World War Two lookout post The remains of a World War Two lookout post have been uncovered during building work in a park, archaeologists said.

NEW YORK — New York City's Center for Jewish History is hosting an Anne Frank exhibit that recreates the rooms she and her family hid in during World War II and the Holocaust. It opens Jan. 27 ...

This resulted in many industries converting their factories to those for munitions and other supplies. Today, we’re looking at who made America’s weapons during WW2.

Three Beaver County residents were among those killed 82 years ago today in one of the most deadly sea attacks of World War ...