The following day, New Year’s Day 1945, Hartzell battled Nazi soldiers for control of the Belgian town of Chenogne. In the ...

Today, the M1 Garand remains an especially sought-after rifle—in part because those movies, TV shows, and video games have ...

For three straight Christmases, 12 million Americans in uniform had dreamed of one thing — to be home, instead of whatever ...

Here's the secret story of the 1944 sinking SS Léopoldville, whose victims included four men from Nebraska and seven from ...

Manitowoc readers this year were most interested in the story of John 'Bucky' Egan, a pilot during WWII, who was the subject ...

After 80 years and every December, the town of Bastogne becomes a living memorial to the American Soldiers who fought and died ...

Before the end of 1944 Hitler planned to take the Allies completely by surprise with an attack through the wooded Ardennes, a ...

"Everyone was scared. ... I sometimes think of the people who were there. Dirty GIs. Unshaven. Dirty as the devil. Cold.

Brig. Gen. Bruce C. Clarke should have been on leave in Paris, enjoying a well-earned break from the nearly constant combat ...

Eighty years ago today, the German army launched its last major offensive on the Western Front during World War II. It ...

British forces attacked the fleet of its former ally in French Algeria, killing nearly 1,300 French sailors.