The following day, New Year’s Day 1945, Hartzell battled Nazi soldiers for control of the Belgian town of Chenogne. In the ...

The Wisconsin Maritime Museum is home to the USS "Cobia," a 312-foot-long vessel that completed six war patrols during World ...

Rose Bowl has become a symbol of American unity during World War II—but the game included no Black players and few Black fans ...

Dutch Central Archives of the Special Jurisdiction was publicly opened under the country's national archive rules. This ...

Nassau County is set to remember the end of World War II 80 years ago with a number of celebrations.

Eleven years after the establishment of the Jamestown Colony in 1607, Virginia Gov. Sir George Yeardley was ordered by the Virginia Company of London to set aside land on the mainland — hence Governor ...

The journal, a glimpse into life in New York City for a Jewish teenager at the end of World War II, is resonating with modern ...

The B-17 Flying Fortress made its mark on history and became among the most famous aircraft of the Second World War.

The life and times of the revolutionary artist Mosa Pijade, from paintbrush to politics. JOSIP BROZ TITO (L) – the communist revolutionary and Yugoslav politician who served in various positions of ...

By 1918, World War I had raged on for four years. Planes made of fabric and wood sortied to twirl and trade fire in the skies ...

The US government locked up nearly 126,000 Japanese Americans from 1942 to 1945, but never kept comprehensive records of all ...

In a world eternally enmeshed in ‘never-ending’ wars, peace appears to be a mere interlude and war, the default condition of ...