Army 1st Lt. Jack Treadwell single-handedly took out six German pillboxes and captured 18 enemy soldiers during World War II.

It was thanks to former WWI pilot Tommy Hitchcock that the P-51 entered U.S service — and changed the skies over Europe ...

Say “Buna ziua” (“Good afternoon” or just plain “Hello”) to Sublocotenent (second lieutenant) Ecaterina Teodoroiu, the first ...

The Dickin Medal, also known as the animals' Victoria Cross, was awarded for bravery 54 times between 1943 and 1949: to 18 ...

Described by Charles Bean as "short and dapper in figure, a vigorous, brave, upright and understanding leader of fighting men", William Birdwood commanded the Australian Corps for much of the First ...

Divers recently discovered the wreck of a German submarine and the Royal Navy Q-ship that sank it in February 1917 Diver Chris de Putron inspects the wreck of the German submarine UC-18 ...

(Not all surrenders were accepted. Several accounts from 10th veterans indicate that German snipers who shot at unarmed medics, as well as SS officers or others who waved a white flag and then ...

As soon as the sniper entered the battlefield in World War II, warfare changed forever. The idea that a single soldier could hold back entire military units out of fear of being shot by an unseen ...

moving away from action and concentrating on the people who fought and died during WW1. This survival sandbox WW2 simulator game puts players in control of a German U-Boat as it explores the ...