With Schab's passing, there remain only about a dozen survivors of the surprise attack, which killed just over 2,400 troops ...

The United States created many famous and formidable warplanes in the second world war. These included the B-17 Flying Fortress, P-47 Thunderbolt, B-29 Superfortress and Corsair. While hardly obscure, ...

With Christmas less than a week away, many families will soon gather to watch one of the most iconic holiday movies featuring ...

Wars are not won by evacuation, but George Washington’s decision to evacuate Long Island in August 1776 ultimately saved the ...

The United States, according to the New York Times, has a Maginot Line problem. In the first in a series of articles castigating the 21st century U.S. military for allegedly failing to adapt to modern ...

David Nasaw thinks we owe Brokaw’s (and Ambrose’s and Spielberg’s) tale-telling and its legacy a second, and much more gimlet ...

Eunice Catherine Leemon, a reporter, proof reader and office manager for the Kaukauna Times during the World War II years, ...

Mr Gaudion has been reflecting on the events of 1940 as the island prepares to mark Homecoming Day on 15 December, 80 years ...

Zhou Zhenfan, senior expert at the Conservation Department of China’s Central Archives, presents archives related to the ...

Adolf Hitler speaks at the Reichstag in Berlin, Germany, 1939. (Central Press/Hulton Archive/) When news of the Japanese ...

The 1944 game delivered a brief respite from the far-flung battles across the globe, drawing attention back to a good, ...