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The “bone digger” slides into a thin crevice on a hill in the Okinawan jungle. He’s a slight man, nimbly fitting his frame through the cave entrance, carefully avoiding the sharp limestone roof while ...

As naval warfare reemerges as a key strategy in the US war with Iran, World War II museum ships are finding new relevance.

World War II proved that control of the oceans could determine the outcome of a global conflict.

In the winter of World War II, Germany unleashed its most powerful tanks in a final attempt to break the Allied advance. Led by elite Waffen-SS units and commanders like Joachim Peiper, the offensive ...

ARLINGTON, Va. (7News) — Reporter’s Notebook: This week marks the 80th anniversary of the famed Battle of Iwo Jima. Some of the men who braved those shores are in town to mark this key turning point ...

On May 5th, 1945, just days after Hitler’s death and the collapse of the Nazi regime, one of the most unusual battles of the Second World War unfolded at Castle Itter in Austria. American troops, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Bone hunter Takamatsu Gushiken looks for World War II-era remains in a cave on Okinawa. - Brad Lendon/CNN The “bone digger” slides ...