MADISON, Wis. (WMTV) - On this day, Dec. 8, 1941, the United States declared war on Japan, officially entering World War II.

Pearl Harbor’s 84th Anniversary commemoration, themed “Building Pathways to Peace," reflects on the 1941 attack that launched the U.S. into World War II.

Step back to the morning of Dec. 7, 1941, and then forward to a U.S. Navy whose heritage remains true to that infamous day, all the while protecting American interests at home and abroad.

A top historian offers a compelling history of perhaps the most remarkable holiday season in 20th-century history--December 1941--a Christmas season that played out in the shadows of the Pearl Harbor attack and the start of America's involvement in World ...

President Franklin Delano Roosevelt issued a dramatic call to the American people to protect and defend four universal human ideals in his State of the Union address on this day in history, Jan. 6, 1941. The speech came amid the frightening and seemingly ...

The good news for 1942 was that mobilization exceeded all expectations. Cooperation and patriotism swept the country. In the Detroit suburbs, Ford and Hudson turned from cars and trucks to bombers. Chrysler made tanks. The Dafoe Ship Building Company in ...

Explore how the Pearl Harbor movie twists real World War II history, what truly happened on December 7, 1941, and why the film’s controversy is trending again.

Three weeks past my 15th birthday, I attended the New York Giants-Brooklyn Dodgers football game at the Polo Grounds with my friend Burt Boyar and 55,000 fans. At half-time, the stadium announcer read a long list of names — high-ranking military officers.

Separated from The Netherlands by the breadth of Europe, by an even broader gulf of culture and blood. Bulgaria was last week forced to face a grim and startling fact: in the strategy of World War II, Bulgaria is The Netherlands of 1941. Now, as a year ago ...