There are no rows of white crosses along the Satsuma Peninsula or victory memorials dotting Kagoshima Bay. No markers at beaches on Kyushu bearing names of American car brands — Buick, Cadillac, Stutz ...

A 30-minute montage of century-old newsreels stands as one of the more emotional film experiences I’ve had this year. Photo: Imperial War Museums, London “When we talk of this as a place of ...

We’re used to seeing World War II in grainy black-and-white newsreels and textbook photos, but colorized images pull the past into the present. Suddenly you notice the scuffed leather boots, the ...

Nearly 80 years after Imperial Japan's surrender ended World War II, the number of American veterans who served in the conflict has fallen to around 66,000, according to the Department of Veterans ...

I can’t say for sure how many times it was described that way to me in the interviews. In just those words. But it was enough times that it got my attention. And even when those exact words weren’t ...

In late July 2025, rumors circulated on social media about a Mitchell B-25 bomber from the United States Army Air Forces (USAAF) that supposedly crashed into the Empire State Building in 1945. For ...

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Photos donated to a Hungarian archive reveal the devastating aftermath of the Siege of Budapest. The above photo, taken from the Buda Castle, is one of hundreds held in the Hungarian archive Fortepan, ...

Pearl Harbor Payback: The Japanese raid on Pearl Harbor united all Americans against a common foe, and from that day forward they spared nothing in order to mobilize against the menace that continued ...

The Vatican has accepted the decree of an archbishop approving the spiritual activities of the Catholic Shrine of Chandavila in the town of La Codosera in Badajoz, Spain, where Our Lady of Sorrows is ...