May 31—U.S. Army Capt. Alvan Markle III pounded on a explosive, 360-pound shell stuck in the barrel of an artillery gun while his men took cover. Ice at the bottom of the projectile kept it from ...

Railway guns like the German WWII K5 gun had a very narrow aim. To get around that problem, Germans developed a circular track, allowing the gun to rotate and fire in 360 degrees. A Final Takeoff The ...

U.S. Navy Reserve Seaman 2nd Class Jerome M. Mullaney, 18, was assigned to the destroyer USS Glennon in the summer of 1944.

The National WWII Museum will receive delivery of an outstanding collection of five World War II artillery pieces that played significant roles in the war for both Allied and Axis armies.These new ...

On March 18, 1945, Army 1st Lt. Jack Lemaster Treadwell saw eight of his soldiers gunned down while assaulting a heavily fortified, seemingly impregnable section of the Siegfried Line near ...

Jul. 23—CONNEAUT — A museum that focuses on the Axis troops who battled Allied invaders on June 6, 1944, will open next month in Conneaut, just ahead of the city's annual encampment and battle ...