The loss of the HMAS Sydney (II), pride of the Australian navy, has long been a source of pain and bewilderment. In waters off Western Australia in late 1941, following a successful tour in the ...

Conflict archaeology investigates the material vestiges of warfare to shed light on the social, cultural and environmental consequences of armed conflict. This field encompasses the study of ...

RÂMNICU SĂRAT, ROMANIA—Romania-Insider reports that some 3,500 World War II–era projectiles were found during excavation work in southeastern Romania and removed by the bomb disposal team from the ...

In 1943 Vincent Speranza, the son of Italian immigrants, enlisted when he turned 18. "I decided to be a paratrooper when I found out that that would probably be the fastest way to get into the battle, ...

History is seldom tidy. Eras overlap and unfinished business from one period lingers into the next. World War II was a war like no other in the magnitude of its effects on the lives of people and the ...