George Lucas’ new movie Red Tails open today, ab...  ...loits of the unit known as the Tuskegee Airmen in World War II . Before you see it, read the real story of Tuskeg...

There's a good reason why this Spitfire is painted pink. It helped its pilot hide in the clouds. Esther Inglis-Arkell explains how: To make sure they were rarely seen from above, these planes were painted to fly just...

(YouTube link) Seventy years ago today, the J...  ...on Pearl Harbor Naval Base brought the U.S. into World War II . Franklin Roosevelt announced a declaration of war on Japan the next day. Wired has a synopsis of wh...  ...he Pearl Harbor Spy The Pearl Harbor Spy, Part II...

(YouTube Link) Everyone joined in the war effort during World War II , helping out however possible stateside. Disney a...  ...ant to show how food will help the Allies win the war . Using morbidly obese Americans to "black out all...  ...lack out all of Berlin" never see...

Mental_floss is marking 11/11/11 by posting lists...  ...ike eleven women of various nations who served in World War II . One was Nancy Wake, a New Zealand native who was...  ...rdropped back into France -as an official spy and warrior . Wake had no trouble shooting Nazis or blowing up...

Colonel Doolittle (second from left) and his flight crew. The following is an article from the book Uncle John's Bathroom Reader Salutes the Armed Forces. After Japanese air power struck a stunning tactical blow to...

John Foster of Accidental Mysterie...  ...ement on the whole failed Nazi experiment, and of war

In October, internet users always look for the str...  ...the supposedly common language. This costume of a World War II Evacuee was posted at reddit. Some commenters tho...  ...ere temporarily sent away from Britain during the war . But the explanation has to do with schools in th...

Immediately after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941, US officials were worried about a Japanese invasion and occupation of those islands. One particular concern was the disposition of US currency in...

While being held in a Nazi prisoner of war camp, British officer Major Alexis Casdagli did e...  ...so stopped him going mad. "He would say after the war that the Red Cross saved his life but his embroid...