In December 1944, thousands of American soldiers were surrounded, starving, and freezing deep behind enemy lines. The story ...

The Levi’s S506XX 1944 “War Model” is a specialized Type I reproduction featuring the unique and simplified details mandated ...

During World War II, the scarcity of vital resources forced militaries to innovate. One particularly pressing issue was the ...

A focus on certain types of power foods helped the nation survive a blockade. A British shopkeeper cancels the coupons in a homemaker's ration book for the tea, sugar, cooking fats and bacon during ...

Never was aeronautical engineering more significant than in the six years of the second world war. A deadly technological race ensued, where making an aircraft faster, better armed or easier to ...

World War II US Army Capt. Willibald Bianchi survived two chest wounds from Japanese gunfire, the Bataan Death March, wretched captivity in prisoner-of-war camps and the sinking of his first POW ...

Arguments about history are proliferating as the postwar order led by the United States crumbles. By Katrin Bennhold I’m the host of The World. In September, China held a military parade to ...

Dwight David Eisenhower was born on Oct. 14, 1890 in Denison, Texas 135-years ago. His family later relocated to Kansas. His path from a small-town in Kansas to Supreme Allied Commander in Europe ...

Friends of the National World War II Memorial and the National Park Service on Tuesday co-hosted a Veterans Day observance at the memorial, honoring the 16 million American men and women who served in ...

The period following World War I was marked by unresolved tensions from the Treaty of Versailles and the ineffectiveness of the League of Nations. Economic devastation and a desire for national ...