When thinking about World War II, major Allied powers like the US, the Soviet Union, and the UK often come to mind. However, ...

In the opening hours of World War II, in the early morning skies over Poland, both the Axis and the Allied side had aerial victories and aerial “firsts”, some involving unlikely and obscure ...

Behind the dreamy scenery of the HBO show’s latest location lurks an explosive story of Thailand’s involvement in the ...

The Price of Liberty is a patriotic film featuring a young Walter Cronkite, emphasizing the high cost of preserving freedom against communist aggression. The film showcases military history through ...

History abuse must stop. The Left is abusing World War II history in order to condemn President Trump, and it's ...

Eighty years ago, during World War II, the United States operated full-scale military operations worldwide while planning how ...

In her latest book, historian Sheila Fitzpatrick tells the story of millions of displaced people and international efforts to ...

Dresden marked the 80th anniversary of the Allied bombing of the city in World War II. The annual event carries a lot of significance to Dresdeners and Germans at large. “My grandma was ten at ...

In World War II, Allied forces’ bombing raids flattened towns and cities in the Normandy region northwest of Paris but didn’t wreak destruction on the same scale on the French capital.

The Japanese folk song “Sakura” celebrates the transient beauty of the cherry blossom, popularly regarded as the country’s national flower. But to Filipinos like Fernando Vasquez-Prada ...

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