EDITOR'S NOTE: This "Historically Speaking" column contains the opinions of columnist D. Ray Smith based upon the research and information contained in the book, "Critical Mass: How Nazi Germany ...

On April 21, 1945, the B-24 Liberator "Black Cat" embarked on its final mission, only to be shot down near Regensburg, Germany. Discover the story behind the last U.S. bomber lost over Germany during ...

On this date in history: In 1692, Bridget Bishop was found guilty of the practice of witchcraft and hanged in Salem Village in the Massachusetts Bay Colony. She was the first colonist executed during ...

RACINE (AP) - Military scientists have identified the remains of a Wisconsin airman who died during World War II when his plane was shot down over Germany during a bombing mission. The remains of U.S.

Operation Long Jump, or Operation Rösselsprung in German, was a plan by the Germany during World War II that could have changed the course of history. Upon learning that British PM Winston Churchill, ...

Bernard Miller, a POW in Germany for 15 months during World War II, salutes the flag during the Former POW Recognition Luncheon Friday at the Knights of Columbus, Luzerne. Albert M. Schlosser, who is ...

For years, posts on social media have claimed that in order to stand up to Nazi Germany during World War II, Allied and Resistance women wore red lipstick because it was well-known that Chancellor ...

The submarine is perhaps the most effective ocean-going craft for defeating naval vessels, and it was one of the most feared and revered weapons of World War II. While several countries built and ...

[Editor's Note: The following story is a part of USAG Benelux's "Live your History" series in which we tell personal stories of sacrifice and resilience throughout World War I and World War II that ...