On May 10 and 11, 1940, Germany invades the Netherlands, Belgium, and Luxembourg as Fall Gelb begins, using airborne assaults like Eben Emael to break open the front while Allied forces rush into ...

The D-Day invasion is typically remembered for the brutal fighting on the beaches of Normandy, but the battle had already ...

On March 24, 1945, the largest single-day airborne assault in history dropped 16,000 paratroopers on the eastern bank of the ...

The French president intends to establish an “advanced deterrence” for Europe as a whole and station nuclear weapons in ...

Eight World War II veterans, ranging in age from 98 to 105, were honored at the Battle of the Bulge conference recently at the World War II American Experience museum, ...

The French president pointed to threats from Russia and China as well as changing U.S. defense priorities as reasons for the atomic buildup.

In December 1944, during World War II, American forces were surrounded in the Belgian town of Bastogne during the Battle of ...

A humble World War II veteran who died more than 40 years ago is about to be awarded the nation's highest honor. Master Sgt. Roddie Edmonds of Knoxville, Tennessee, whose defiance of German captors in ...

KLAIPEDA, Lithuania—Germany’s top military officer, Gen. Carsten Breuer, stood astride a map of Lithuania laid out on the floor of a makeshift command post in this port city on the Baltic Sea. A chill ...

FORT CAMPBELL, KY - The 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault) conducted competitive tryouts for its UAS team on Jan. 12, 2026, here, identifying Soldiers who will represent the division in an upcoming ...

The U.S. military has completed its withdrawal of American forces from al-Tanf Garrison in Syria, U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) announced Thursday. The departure, finalized Feb. 11, was carried out ...

YUKON TRAINING AREA, Alaska — Under the aurora borealis night sky, paratroopers assigned to the 2nd Infantry Brigade Combat Team (Airborne), 11th Airborne Division, executed a tactical airborne ...