The 8th Air Force was established in the weeks following the attack on Pearl Harbor in February of 1942. The Mighty 8th ...

Paul Goffin has spent much of his adult life solemnly remembering the American Army Soldiers who fought to free his home ...

Every year, local band Three Chords and a Cloud of Dust donates the money they make through their gigs to buy Christmas gifts for Lincoln children. During World War II, German prisoners farmed and ...

From 1943 through 1946, more than 3,400 prisoners (including 15 Nazi generals) were processed at Fort Hunt, according to ...

Every year, local band Three Chords and a Cloud of Dust donates the money they make through their gigs to buy Christmas gifts ...

Three U.S. airmen disappeared after bailing out of a burning B-17 over Germany 80 years ago. An Offutt recovery team ...

We cannot start to say enough wonderful things about Gabrielle! She was warm, charming, and incredibly informative. I say this coming from a history major and someone who is well-versed in WWII ...

Just before midnight on Jan. 27, 1945, the commandant of Stalag Luft III, a prisoner of war camp in what is now western ...

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"A Promise to My Father" tells the story of Holocaust survivor Israel Arbeiter, whose parents and brother were killed in a ...

Six years after it started, World War II ended in 1945 with Nazi Germany surrendering in May and its leaders going on trial for war crimes in November.

The Nazi death camp of Auschwitz-Birkenau, which was liberated 80 years ago, is an enduring symbol of the Holocaust. Part of German dictator Adolf Hitler's "Final Solution" plan for the genocide of ...