For most Americans of the present generation, the terrorist attacks on Sept. 11, 2001, represent the benchmarks of time and …

During World War II, about 400 Navajo Native Americans became a key weapon in the battle against the Japanese, by …

In late January 1941, five British senior officers arrived in Washington, D.C. Originally the delegation was to receive an official …

“I was in the dive at 70 degrees following my leader, thinking he would miss the very narrow Japanese destroyer …

Operation Jubilee, the Combined Operations planned amphibious assault on the English Channel port of Dieppe, was launched in the pre-dawn …

In 1942, submarines in the three regional Pacific Ocean commands had fired 1,442 torpedoes and sunk only 211 ships totaling …

Col. Joshua Chamberlain was one of the great heroes of the Civil War. He was “the real thing,” wrote a …

A couple of hours after midnight on the morning of Sept. 9, 1943, a large force of Italian warships – …

When America entered World War II, Hollywood patriotically stepped forward to help in the war effort. Studios sent their movie …

Superbly adapted to the desert, the single-humped Arabian camel was domesticated around 4000 B.C. for its meat, milk, and wool, …