In March 1943, Allied air forces meticulously planned and coordinated a strategic assault in the South West Pacific. Their ...

Ukraine’s military incursion into Russian territory in the Kursk region is covering some of the same territory on which the Soviet Union scored one of its most important victories over German invaders ...

Italy entered World War II underprepared, outmatched, and divided, and the consequences were brutal. Its armies stalled in Greece, suffered humiliating defeats in North Africa, and forced Germany to ...

LEWISTON — After 81 years and 23 days, Allan Knepper is finally at rest. Knepper, a World War II pilot, was shot down and killed July 10, 1943. He was interred with full military honors — the sounding ...

A German submarine torpedoed the S.S. Pennsylvania Sun on July 15, 1942, destroying 107,500 barrels of U.S. Navy fuel oil. Public domain via Wikimedia Commons Early on June 29, 1942, the 8,032-ton ...

The Peace of Paris – The treaties worked out in Paris at the end of World War I satisfied few. Germany, Austria and the other countries on the losing side of the war were especially unhappy with the ...

In the minds of many Americans today, it can be difficult to fully grasp the utter destruction of land and human life the world experienced during the Second World War. However, some of the machines ...

A man with dwarfism and a woman work together on the interior of an aircraft fuselage. The man, wearing a plaid shirt and trousers, is inside the circular frame, smiling as he works on the aircraft.