By far the **best American fighter** in operational service in 1939, and by far the **shiniest aircraft** on this list, the * ...

The seven soldiers were kicked out of an ROTC program as World War II began. Last week, they were commissioned as Army ...

Holocaust memorial officials and historians say a proliferation of "entirely fabricated" digital content is distorting the ...

Olympic fans may know that Cortina d’Ampezzo hosted the Winter Games once before, in 1956. Less well known is that 15 years ...

Two gravesites, less than 10 miles apart in a crowded, noisy, Asian metropolis of 14 million, stand testament to the horror, ...

By the 1930s, America's dirty laundry was becoming visible worldwide. American racism, lynchings and the desire to build a “better, healthier” white population drew Hitler’s attention.

The popular picture of World War II usually centers around beaches, battles, and bombs. Normandy. Pearl Harbor. The ...

In the final year of World War II, American forces faced an enemy that refused to fight above ground. Across the Pacific, Japanese troops turned islands into vast underground fortresses, hiding deep ...

Eric Church hit the road this past week to kick off the second leg of his Free the Machine tour with two nights at The Anthem in Washington D.C. And during both shows, he dropped a teaser for the ...

What is unfolding now is not simply an assertive foreign policy, but a systematic effort to dismantle the post–World War II international order— an order built around the United Nations, collective ...

January 29, 1949, Memphis Mayor Walter Chandler announced discussions about the city adopting Enschede, a Dutch city ...

Nate Ericson, a Lawrence resident who turned 102 this month, says he thinks people need a reminder of what he learned eight decades ago in the Battle of the Bulge: "War is hell." ...