This United States War Department film reveals the intense behind-the-scenes planning that led up to the historic invasion of ...

Wednesday, August 27, 2025, marks the 82nd anniversary of a military plane crash in which four airmen were killed. The airmen killed in the crash, which occurred during World War II, were all between ...

Donald McPherson, who scored five aerial victories and was considered the last living American ace pilot from World War II, died this month at the age of 103. McPherson served as a naval aviator ...

Deep within war-torn Europe, cloaked in the uniform of a Nazi Officer, Soviet operative Nikolai Kuznetsov navigated the risky undercurrents of the German Army. His heart raced as he stumbled upon a ...

Russian President Vladimir Putin, North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, and Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi are expected to travel to China for the 80th anniversary of its victory over Japan. On Wednesday, ...

History in East Asia is never just history. It is weaponized, re-scripted, and deeply entangled in present-day struggles for legitimacy, identity, and power. Eighty years after the guns fell silent in ...

Vice President JD Vance on Sunday botched World War II history in an attempt to support the Trump administration’s stance on Russia-Ukraine. On Meet the Press, NBC host Kristen Welker asked Vance ...

President Trump and his defense secretary say they want to return to the era when America won wars. They largely ignore the greatest accomplishment of the past 80 years: avoiding superpower conflict. ...

Letters from World War II combatants to family members. were rescued from the trash and now are used to teach Oak Lawn students.

If anyone would benefit from some quality time at a history museum, it’s White House officials. Take Vance’s line on the end of World War II, for example.

World War II, which concluded 80 years ago, was a historic event that defined a generation. Tens of millions of people fought brutal oppression and an unfathomable Holocaust. Today, the world ...

But the ceremonies also provide insight into how dictatorships operate. Truth is intolerable to autocracies, which thrive off coercion and misinformation. Indeed, the entire commemoration was ...