James Megellas, a highly decorated WWII veteran who graduated from Ripon College, served with distinction in the 82nd Airborne Division. Learn about his heroic actions and legacy.

As World War II reshaped rural Iowa, German prisoners of war became an essential labor force, and, in some cases, unexpected ...

Soul on Fire,' airing on PBS in the US on January 27, filmmaker Oren Rudavsky examines the Nobel laureate through his ...

"We are all Jews here," Master Sergeant Roddie Edmonds said to a Nazi commandant at a POW camp during World War II.

On Jan. 26, 1945, 19-year-old East Texan Audie Murphy almost single-handedly held off a German counteroffensive in occupied ...

Discover war miniseries that pack a powerful punch in just a few episodes, outshining many longer TV shows, from Band of ...

Philippe Collin makes intricate series that are reshaping how French people understand uncomfortable parts of their history. Millions are tuning in.

Long before audiences came to know James Doohan as the warm, witty miracle worker of the Star Trek engine room, he was a young Canadian officer facing something far more real than sci-fi. To ...

While not without its flaws, We Shall Not Be Moved (No nos moverán) is a great movie that does a magnificent job of blending comedy with drama. Mexico submitted it for Best International Film at the ...

Despite mass anti-government protests that brought thousands of Iranians into the streets—along with the rising number of ...

Jennette McCurdy’s debut novel Half His Age, Colleen Hoover’s first new book in years and a twisty thriller from Leodora Darlington are just a few of the books releasing this winter.

War movies are often hard to watch, as there are always casualties in the horror of war, but in some movies, all the heroes end up losing.