CORTINA D'AMPEZZO, Italy (AP) — A giant portrait of Benito Mussolini hovered over the “Snow Stadium” — on the exact same ...

In the winter of 1944, the Allied powers had already landed in Southern Italy and were pushing north. It became obvious the ...

Italy entered World War II with big ambitions but limited means. This video breaks down why Mussolini’s forces underperformed — from outdated equipment and weak industry to divided leadership and poor ...

From a crumbling pill box in the UK to a derelict rail line in Hawaii, these are the abandoned World War II places that the world forgot.

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 ...

The weapons that defined World War II essentially dictated the flow of warfare over the next century. While the Second World War was fought with technologies we’d deem antiquated today, it was a ...