During World War II, the resistance played a critical role in fighting against German occupation and the Vichy regime. From 1940 to 1944, countless resistance fighters fought for freedom, and some ...

The types of books she often writes—historical novels about bombings, spies and young resistance fighters in World War II—have become some of the hottest novels with young readers starting ...

Overlooked No More: Hannie Schaft, Resistance Fighter During World War II. She killed Nazis in the Netherlands and was known as “the girl with the red hair” on their most-wanted list.

Weiss' days as a resistance fighter were numbered, however. He was still a soldier in the U.S. Army, and the Allied soldiers from Operation Dragoon had linked up with the troops from Operation ...

Marking 80 years since WWII, the Hellenic Lyceum of Sydney and NCJWA host a powerful event honouring Greek and Jewish ...

World War II saw a great deal of innovation in the area of fighter aircraft design and construction, as it was the conflict that gave birth to the jet fighter. More than that, multiple nations ...

Paul A. Strassmann, World War II Resistance Fighter Turned Computer Guru, Dies at 96 He decried the ‘technology arms race’ of the 1980s and ’90s, arguing that companies first needed to ...

With a top speed of over 400 mph in its later variations, the Spitfire was a potent and feared fighter throughout the war. It ...

What You Need to Know: World War II saw the emergence of some groundbreaking jet fighters that revolutionized aerial warfare. The Messerschmitt Me 262 from Nazi Germany was the world’s first ...

Norwegian police announced plans to recover and identify the remains of seven resistance fighters believed to have been executed during World War II and dumped in the Oslofjord, several Norwegian ...

With a top speed of over 400 mph in its later variations, the Spitfire was a potent and feared fighter throughout the war. It last flew operationally for the Irish Air Corps in 1961, marking the ...