During World War II, battles were won by the side that was first to spot enemy airplanes, ships, or submarines. To give the Allies an edge, British and American scientists developed radar ...

A 25-year-old World War II pilot who went missing in action 80 years ago during a mission in southeast Asia was given full ...

World War II witnessed tremendous growth in the size of American military aviation, from about 2,500 airplanes to nearly 300,000 by the war’s end. The Museum’s collection of 30 World War II-era ...

During World War II German propaganda emphasized the prowess of the German army and contrasted it with the British and Allied armies who were depicted as cowards and butchers, or brave but misguided.

For many decades after the end of World War II (WWII), a broad popular narrative—reinforced through thousands of films and books—cast the German military as unthinking tools of Nazi ideology. Only in ...

Tupperware targeted women who were interested in working, Tupperware, Inc. During the Second World War, women proved that they could do "men's" work, and do it well. With men away to serve in the ...

World War II was a unique conflict where Allies and Axis powers clashed for six years, resulting in countless lives lost and leaving a lasting impact on the world. To this day, there remain ...

This is the profound and remarkable story of the 550,000 Jewish Americans who served their country in World War II. These brave men and women fought for their nation and for Jewish people worldwide.

But we were polite, spoke the truth, and discussed what the world should be like.’ ‘They discriminated against us, cursed at us, just because we were refugees … I was nine—the war wasn ...

Barrage balloons were first used in WWI, but they played a particularly important role in Britain's defenses during WWII.

Sixteen soldiers who died in World War II and the Korean War have been accounted for, the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency said Monday. Seven of the U.S. military members accounted for were ...

a raft-turned-micronation intended to support marine life in the region Fred Nadis Nathan Baskind received a Jewish burial exactly 80 years after his death in World War II Sarah Kuta "St. Gregory ...