On Feb. 23, 1945, during World War II, U.S. Marines on Iwo Jima captured Mount Suribachi, where they raised two American ...

Explore the escalating global tensions and the potential risk of a third world war, with insights from experts and ...

World War II was decided by more than strategy and manpower. The weapons each side brought to the battlefield often ...

After German U-boats sank two Mexican oil tankers in May 1942, Mexico entered WW2 and formed an air expeditionary unit known as the Aztec Eagles. Squadron 201 trained in the US before deploying to the ...

On this day in history the USS Kidd launched. It served as a guided missile destroyer in World War II, serving both the Caribbean and the Pacific.

Lt. Gen. Tadamichi Kuribayashi arrived on Iwo Jima in June 1944. Over the next eight months, he built one of the most elaborate defense systems in the Pacific, which would lead to one of the costliest ...

From heroic service in World War II to operations in the Middle East, these vessels fought across the world and are now anchored as permanent museums.

In 1942, during the darkest days of World War II, Lieutenant Colonel Wendell Fertig refused to surrender after the fall of ...

In this article, we answer your most searched for questions about World War II, covering Hitler’s motivations through to key ...

On Feb. 19, 1878, Thomas Edison patented the first gramophone.

Thomas McGuire Jr. was chasing Dick Bong's record when his life was cut short several months before war's end.