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

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 ...

World War II produced some of the most recognizable military weapons ever made, but few were more important than the rifles issued to ordinary soldiers. Millions of troops depended on these firearms ...

World War II produced some of the most consequential military leaders in modern history.

Animated map showing the advances of Allied troops during the Second World War in Europe from July 1, 1943 to May 8, 1945, by 15-day intervals and showing the main cities liberated. VIDEOGRAPHIC Drone ...

When Allied troops stormed the beaches of Sicily on July 10, 1943, they expected brutal combat in what Winston Churchill called "the soft underbelly of Europe." In most cases, they got what they ...

Iva Ikuko Toguri D'Aquino was an American disc jockey and radio personality who starred in English-language radio broadcasts transmitted by Radio Tokyo to Allied troops in the South Pacific during ...