World War II

World War II veteran Jake Larson survived D-Day on Omaha Beach. Now he’s a TikTok star.

World War II veterans, officials and visitors are commemorating D-Day on the beaches of Normandy to honor those who fought for freedom in the largest naval, air and land operation in history.

Wreckage from a U.S. Navy destroyer sunk by a kamikaze aircraft attack during World War II has been discovered in the Pacific Ocean. 

One of the architects of the Holocaust was Arthur Seyss-Inquart, one of the most loyal and high-ranking officers of Hitler’s Nazi party. He might have escaped justice the day the Nazis surrendered, if not for a NYC man who shared his heroic story for the first time

An 80-year-old World War II-era plan from Terrell will spend retirement where it logged many hours of work. NBC 5’s Noelle Walker reports on the Stearman PT-27 biplane’s homecoming celebration.

An 80-year-old World War II-era plan from Terrell will spend retirement where it logged many hours of work. NBC 5’s Noelle Walker reports on the Stearman PT-27 biplane’s homecoming celebration.

At the age of 27, with no previous trial experience, Ferencz became chief prosecutor for a 1947 case in which 22 former commanders were charged with murdering over 1 million Jews, Romani and other enemies of the Third Reich in Eastern Europe.

Jack Holder, a Pearl Harbor survivor who went on become a decorated World War II flyer, has died in Arizona.

Jack Holder, a Pearl Harbor survivor who went on become a decorated World War II flyer who flew over 100 missions in the Pacific and European theaters, has died in Arizona. He was 101.

The Dallas Holocaust and Human Rights Museum now holds never-before-seen diaries from the Nuremberg Trials.

Two never-before-seen diaries from the Nuremberg Trials are now in the hands of the Dallas Holocaust and Human Rights Museum.

Survivors of Auschwitz-Birkenau are gathering to commemorate the 78th anniversary of the liberation of the Nazi German death camp amid horror that yet another war has shattered peace in Europe.

A hand-drawn map with a red letter X purportedly showing the location of a buried stash of precious jewelry looted by Nazis from a blown-up bank vault has sparked a modern-day treasure hunt.

Audio obtained from the Federal Aviation Administration Thursday reveals the final moments before a November collision between a World War II-era bomber and a fighter plane that left six airmen dead.

South Korean officials are considering creating a domestic fund to compensate Koreans who were enslaved by Japanese companies before the end of World War II

Joseph Eskenazi of Redondo Beach, California, celebrated his upcoming 105th birthday at the National World War II Museum in New Orleans

On Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day, a 100-year-old Dallas veteran shares his story.

A handful of centenarian survivors of the attack on Pearl Harbor are expected to gather at the scene in Hawaii to commemorate those who perished 81 years ago in the Japanese bombing.

A musical manuscript handwritten by Ludwig van Beethoven is getting returned to the heirs of the richest family in pre-World War II Czechoslovakia

The last veteran of Mexico’s relatively small contingent of World War II veterans has died, Mexico’s Defense Department announced Thursday.