On April 9, 1940, the Battle of Drøbak Sound marked the commencement of World War ii in Western Europe. A German fleet, led ...

Jeffboat built a reputation as one of the country's largest inland shipyards, and while the company is known for the massive towboats launched into the Ohio River, large World War II-era vessels also ...

Here’s What You Need to Remember: Ultimately, the most crucial consequence of surrender at Dunkirk would have been not manpower and morale, but timing. Between June 1940 and the second half... Here’s ...

BEDFORD, Va. (WSET) — Major changes are coming to the National D-Day Memorial in Bedford over the next few years. Eighty years since troops stormed the beaches of Normandy, the D-Day Memorial is ...

CNN Films has acquired “Why We Dream,” the feature documentary that tells the story of the Normandy Legacy Flight that brought World War II veterans back to the coast of France in 2024 to commemorate ...

The USS ‘Yorktown’ was sunk by a Japanese submarine in the Battle of Midway in June 1942 and now rests at the bottom of the Pacific Ocean Erin Clack is a Staff Editor for PEOPLE. She has been writing ...

Composite image showing an unearthed aircraft catapult and an airfield diagram dating to 1945 at present-day New Smyrna Beach Airport. Read full article: Balancing growth and history: What’s next for ...