Thunderbolt became one of the most feared weapons in the sky over Europe. This film follows U.S. pilots who flew it, Allied ...

More than 16 million American served in World War II, but now, 80 years since the end of the war, the Department of Veterans ...

The bazooka was meant to give American infantry a fighting chance against enemy tanks during World War II. This story follows ...

Betty Reid Soskin, America’s oldest National Park Service ranger, is remembered for her family roots, early life, and lasting role in preserving overlooked World War II histories ...

It was Dec. 17, 1944, and the Battle of the Bulge – one of the bloodiest, coldest battles of World War II – raged on for the ...

Lt. Morton Sher, 22, died on August 20, 1943, during a mission in central China. For decades, his remains were considered “not recoverable” until continued searching led to their discovery and a DNA ...

Fights over how American history is taught. Labels of “communist” and “socialist” used to smear. Civil rights gains seen as a loss for the “real” America. While all that might sound like last week’s ...

Eighty years after the lights were plugged into a humming Army generator, the spirit of the “greatest celebration in American ...

Franz Stigler, a German fighter pilot, spared American bomber pilot Charles Brown during World War II, illustrating how ...

The impending festivities at Beijing for the 80th anniversary of World War II’s end reflect Xi Jinping’s push to rewrite history as he upends the American-backed order forged after the global conflict ...

Long before he was dueling Darth Vader in Star Wars, Sir Alec Guinness starred in this tour de force WWII film as Colonel ...

World War II narratives, up for grabs. In September, China held a military parade to commemorate the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II. Cannon fire, fighter jets, missil ...