World War II heroes remembered in reenactments, displays, ceremonies, dance and pancake breakfast at MAPS Air Museum.

Click here to see the biggest battle of World War II. Keystone / Getty Images. 18. Battle of Monte Cassino > Estimated total casualties: 75,000 > Date: Jan. 17 to May 18, 1944 ...

It was the first major World War II Allied offensive in the Pacific. Rick Jacobs marked the 75th anniversary of the Battle of Guadalcanal by talking about the battle’s strategies and significance.

On Easter Sunday, April 1, 1945, the last major battle of the global conflagration known as World War II began on the island of Okinawa, some 400 miles south of mainland Japan.

An estimated 240,000 people were killed or went missing in the Battle of Okinawa during World War II. Eighty years later, the scars remain, allowing visitors to get up close and touch history.

The largest battle of World War II was the Battle of Stalingrad. Here are the details: Estimated total casualties: 2,000,000; Date: July 17, 1942, to February 2, 1943; ...

An estimated 240,000 people were killed or went missing in the Battle of Okinawa during World War II. Eighty years later, the scars remain, allowing visitors to get up close and touch history.

That number includes as many as 100,000 civilians, 110,000 Japanese troops and Okinawa conscripts, and more than 12,000 American and allied troops, according to the National World War II Museum in ...