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...

Members of the Army's 84th Infantry Division who s...  ...y's 84th Infantry Division who served together in World War II have been meeting annually for 66 consecutive yea...  ...ted its advance and patrolled the banks until the war 's end. The men spent 170 days in combat and earne...  ...inguished unit citation...

World War II Bulgaria didn’t have a Schindler, and it didn�...  ...a wasn’t in the best position during the Second World War . Fenced in by the Soviet Union on one side and Eu...  ...As Albert Einstein would later say, “The whole world...

In 1939, Adolf Hitler commissioned the Friedrich Krupp A.G. company of Essen, Germany to build a gun that would breach the French Maginot line. They responded with the "Gustav Gun," the largest gun ever built. Named aft...

The folks at Collector's Weekly used to delete ref...  ...es these pieces have a place in any discussion of World War II . “To obliterate the symbols of Nazi Germany,”...  ..., what happened, and how much horror came to this world because of it.” ***** But you don’t have to...

Yes, it's fetching, and there's a real story behind this dress, as well. The parachute saved the life of pilot Maj. Claude Hensinger when he bailed out of his disabled B-29 over Japan in 1944. It was his blanket and pill...

The following is an article from the book Uncle Jo...  ...l recently died in combat and, in accordance with War Office policy, the last living son must return ho...  ...yan won five Academy Awards and the admiration of World War II veterans who said the movie faithfully depicted t...  ...with Teddy Roosevelt dur...

Easy Company, 506th Parachute Infantry Regimen...  ...y Regiment, 101st Airborne Division is a group of World War II heroes you might know from the book or the minise...  ...these men gained quite a bit of wisdom from their war experiences, tempered by age, which they gave us...