To mark the 80th anniversary of the end of the war, we asked historians to share their favorite museums around the world.

The once impenetrable German Atlantic Wall lay shattered by the Allied forces storming the beaches of Normandy. As tens of ...

This extended video offers a sweeping look at the Second World War across all major theatres. From the Blitzkrieg in Europe ...

Outnumbered and outgunned, the crew of the U.S.S. Johnston fought overwhelming odds before their ship sank more than 21,000 ...

The Second World War has been described as the greatest human catastrophe of all time. The scope of destruction and lives ...

Col. Ron Green, commander of the 405th Army Field Support Brigade, compared our combat circumstances now with those during World War II. "The magnitude of sacrifice was quite overwhelming.

An estimated 240,000 people were killed or went missing in the Battle of Okinawa during World War II. Eighty years later, the scars remain, allowing visitors to get up close and touch history.

The USS Silversides submarine sank 23 ships during World War II. It was also the site of a successful emergency appendectomy in enemy waters.

Veteran Pan Cheng-fa says he clearly remembers fighting for China against the Japanese in World War II, but gets agitated ...

That number includes as many as 100,000 civilians, 110,000 Japanese troops and Okinawa conscripts, and more than 12,000 American and allied troops, according to the National World War II Museum in ...

That number includes as many as 100,000 civilians, 110,000 Japanese troops and Okinawa conscripts, and more than 12,000 American and allied troops, according to the National World War II Museum in ...