In late November 1940, Axis confidence faltered as both Italy and Japan suffered defeats. Japan’s Han River Operation in ...

On April 9, 1940, the Battle of Drøbak Sound marked the commencement of World War ii in Western Europe. A German fleet, led by the cruiser Blücher, sought to invade Norway by seizing Oslo. The Germans ...

Although battleships were supplanted by aircraft carriers by the end of World War II, they remain a testament to a bygone era of warfare—and a symbol of their nations’ might.

Published 75 years ago, "The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe" tells the story of four children who are evacuated from London ...

It's been 85 years since The Great Dictator first dazzled audiences in 1940. It was a big risk for one of the world's most ...

Photos have a way of immortalizing history in its rawest form, capturing the feelings, hardships, and victories in ways words ...

Often associated with scams and deepfakery, AI is now being used for another, more noble purpose: unmasking history’s ...

He and a colleague created a sensation in 1956 by proposing that one of the four forces of nature might violate a law of ...

T he questionnaire, as questionnaires tend to, began simply. What, asked Q1, “is her name”? It was followed by Q2: “When was ...

The Home Guard were not the “bumbling idiots” portrayed in Dad’s Army but rather skilled soldiers, according to long-lost ...

There is not a major Democratic political figure in his now 79-year-old lifespan who escapes discussion and analysis. Sanders ...

In “The Wounded Generation” and “1942,” the historians David Nasaw and Peter Fritzsche show how civilians struggled with the ...