In the middle of World War II, the United States faced a brutal problem in the Pacific: how to defeat Japan’s strongest ...

The Battle of Kasserine Pass was America's first major fight against the European Axis in World War II. It turned into one of ...

Laramie WWII vet Bob Willis earned a Purple Heart after being blown off a tank in the Battle of the Bulge. The veteran, who ...

The first covers 8.5 km of Dartmouth and is titled ‘Dartmouth at War’. It includes stops at Britannia Royal Navy College, ...

In 1945, the B-29 Superfortress transformed the Pacific War with unprecedented firepower. Follow the story of young ...

There's a long and contentious history of US interest in the Arctic island, but it seems to have entered a new phase under ...

In the winter of 1943, Charlie Plott was in Italy, receiving wine from locals grateful the U.S. soldiers were running “the Germans out of their towns and homes.” He had recently arrived in the country ...

With 20 mainline Call of Duty games, it can be hard to know where to start. That’s why we’ve put together lists detailing ...

Plenty of documentaries have been made about the Second World War, with the best ones including The Memory of Justice, The ...

World Population Prospects 2024: Summary of Results adopts the analytical framework of the demographic transition—the historic shift towards longer lives and smaller families—approximated here by the ...

The war in Ukraine started by Vladimir Putin enters 2026 following a year of slow territorial developments, as highlighted on a map by Newsweek. Russia has made big claims about its progress as it ...

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