What you might not be aware of is that there were a fair few who were captured during the action and held as prisoners of war ...

The B-17 Flying Fortress earned its legendary status as the bomber workhorse against Germany and occupied territories during ...

Imperial Japan sent its first wave of kamikaze suicide planes to the U.S. Navy off the coast of the Philippines on Oct. 25, ...

Over the course of World War II, many women stepped out of societal norms to take on roles that were essential to the Allied ...

The man who made '12 Years a Slave' shows the trauma of a family living with the reality of German bombing. Saiorse Ronan, ...

Kyodo via AP Images Eight decades after World War II, an American bomb left over from the conflict exploded at a regional airport in Japan. Though the blast left a large hole in a taxiway and led ...

On this day, October 30th, we take a moment to reflect on the significant historical events that have shaped our world across ...

Japan's Mitsubishi A6M Zero: Best Fighter Plane of World War II ... American carriers as possible—the Americans had to further develop anti-aircraft systems to better protect their surface ships ...

David G. Gitkov has invited readers on a journey spanning continents, seas, and decades in A Long, Long Watch: Volume II: The ...

Visit after sunset. – Marisa Méndez, Senior Editor The World War II Memorial was dedicated in 2004 to the 16 million American military members who served during World War II, including the ...

Kon Ichikawa's 1956 war film The Burmese Harp is hailed as one of the genre's most impactful works, and it was inspired by a ...