A Nazi captain gave artwork, which depicts an intimate Roman romance, to a civilian. When he died, his heirs decided to ...

Armed with Gloster Gladiators—an aircraft already considered obsolete—RAF pilots over Malta repelled Axis air raids for days.

An erotic mosaic stolen from Pompeii by a Nazi captain during World War II was finally returned to the ancient site on ...

NAPLES, Italy — Two U.S. service members who died in Italy during World War II are no longer considered missing. Rosettes were placed Friday beside the names of Army Pfc. Harry Hosfelt and Army ...

His work, and its extensive documentation, is nonetheless of first-rate importance to the historian of World War II. Badoglio's narrative begins with the last days of peace and proceeds through ...

Paul Thomas Chamberlin’s book, Scorched Earth, recasts the conflict as a brutal struggle for survival among declining and ...

Italy: 54,000 people evacuated in WWII bomb scare 12/15/2019 December 15, 2019. A British bomb carrying 40 kilograms (88 pounds) of dynamite was discovered in the coastal city of Brindisi.

Perhaps the best-known WWII sites in Italy are those at Cassino. However, the war also is commemorated at hundreds of less famous sites; six of those are noted below. For more information, please see ...

The P40’s hull and turret were of riveted construction, not uncommon in World War II due to the ease and low cost to build, but already obsolete at that point in favor of welded hulls.

Italian army on Sunday blew up a US-made World War II bomb weighing 1,000lbs that was uncovered by fishermen in the drought-stricken River Po two weeks ago.

Thousands of people had to evacuate their homes in Bolzano, Italy, on Sunday, as experts removed a World War II-era bomb that had been discovered in the city center.