World War II witnessed tremendous growth in the size of American military aviation, from about 2,500 airplanes to nearly 300,000 by the war’s end. The Museum’s collection of 30 World War II-era ...

Three years before World War II, on this day in 1936, an inferno marked the symbolic end of the global hegemony of the British Empire Eli Wizevich Our favorite titles of the year resurrect ...

Did you know a tiny device that helped end World War II was made right here in Cincinnati? A mission so secret the people making it didn't even know what it was."In 1940, things were starting to ...

Before shipping overseas for World War II, Bud Sabetay enjoyed a trip to Coney Island amusement park in New York. A fortune teller read his palm and told him that he had a long lifeline and ...

One of the most inspiring anti-Nazi German heroes of World War II was Dietrich Bonhoeffer, a Lutheran pastor who vocally condemned Adolf Hitler’s euthanasia program and genocidal persecution of ...

This article originally ran on January 11, 2020. It has been updated with additional films, including Steve McQueen’s new World War II-set movie Blitz. Speaking to Gene Siskel of the Chicago Tri ...

World War II lived up to its name: It was a true global conflict that pitted the Allied powers—the United States, the Soviet Union, Britain, China, and their smaller allies—against Germany ...

A Navy destroyer that was sunk by Japanese forces during World War II has been discovered, the U.S. Navy confirmed on Monday. The Royal Australian Navy found the USS Edsall at the bottom of the ...

Five Best Bombers of World War II These admittedly highly subjective five Best Lists are virtually guaranteed to generate controversy, as no matter how much you justify your opinions with solid ...

An American World War II warship sunk by Japanese forces in a fierce battle after the attack on Pearl Harbor has been discovered at the bottom of the Indian Ocean. More than 200 American ...

That doesn't mean it couldn't have won World War II. Sounds counterintuitive, doesn't it? But the weak sometimes win. As strategic sage Carl von Clausewitz recounts, history furnishes numerous ...

who turned 100 on Oct. 14, has witnessed a tumultuous century, including six major campaigns with the US Army during World War II that earned him a half-dozen battle stars. “They call us the ...