Many know the Spitfire, Hurricane, Lancaster, and Mosquito as the ‘A-listers’ of British aircraft of the Second World War.

Adm. William Furlong was a U.S. Navy rear admiral during World War II and served as Chief of Naval Ordnance from 1937 to 1941 ...

Their political beliefs and cultural commitments made them targets, while Jews across the continent became victims of relentless persecution that started with the rise of Nazism. Confronted with this ...

Webster County native Lambert Ray Tapp joined the Navy in Louisville on March 6, 1940, and ended up on the battleship Arizona ...

His family learned of his death on Dec. 16, 1941. Within three weeks North End leaders arranged to have Mussolini Street ...

It’s hard to imagine what Schuylkill County families must have thought when they read the bold headline “WAR IS ON” in the ...

Between 1942 and 1945, nearly 8,000 American warplanes traveled through Alaska on their way to the Soviet Union as part of a ...

Microcars were odd, tiny and impractical—now they’re some of the most fascinating machines in history.

Whether they take you to the danger zone or send you back in time to World War I (or WWII), these airplane battle scenes are ...

Disney has produced 74 theatrical animated films over the decades, from the classic Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs to recent ...

Many believe that the Churchill tank, widely used by the United Kingdom during World War II, was named for then-prime minister Winston Churchill. It was not—but there is a connection.

Born to an Indian Sufi father and an American mother, Noor Inayat Khan was the SOE's first female wireless operator who was ...