SYDNEY -- For four years, Solomon Islander Maeverlyn Pitanoe has woken up every day in pain. On Mother's Day in 2021, an unexploded World War II artillery shell suddenly went off beneath a barbecue ...

Police in Solomon Islands say a large explosion that rocked the nation's capital overnight was caused by an old World War II ...

The remains of a United States Navy Ensign killed near Yap Island over the Pacific Ocean during World War II has finally ...

In the wake of World War 2, the United States emerged as an industrial powerhouse after supplying its own military and its ...

During WWII, engineers produced some of the most iconic aircraft in history. From sleek fighters to hulking steel beasts -- ...

Santos Jimenez registered for military service on his 18th birthday, Oct. 11, 1943, and participated in the invasion of Iwo ...

The Whirlwind was a heavily-armed, single-seat, twin-engine fighter designed for high performance, with great attention paid ...

The M4 Sherman was the backbone of Allied armored forces in World War II. It devastated German armor and infantry across ...

National Geographic Explorer-at-Large Bob Ballard revisits the Iron Bottom Sound—rediscovering vessels, and making new finds. The IJN Teruzuki fought fiercely in the first and second naval battles of ...

Explore the relentless horror and staggering sacrifice of World War II’s deadliest battlefronts. From the frozen wastes of the Eastern Front to the steamy jungles of the Pacific, this documentary ...

Coined by the military as "landing ship, tanks," or LSTs, U.S. forces deployed ships from southern Indiana to the Pacific Theater.