Military analyst Lena Andrews debuts with Valiant Women (Mariner Books), an enlightening history spotlighting combat support by women in WWII. In addition to working in factories, offices, and depots ...

William “Bill” Hanchett was a Berkeley-educated history scholar. He was a civilian historian for the U.S. Air Force and for more than 30 years taught U.S. history at San Diego State University, where ...

COLUMBIA, S.C. — Sitting in the kitchen of his Columbia home, 100-year-old World War II veteran Vernon Brantley shared stories over a bowl of homemade chicken noodle soup with a visitor who traveled ...

The Secret History of WWII is an incredible television series that delves deeper into the turbulent and historical events of WWII, highlighting the crucial stories of bravery and sacrifice that have ...

World War II was an earth-shaking drama played out on the world stage, the most horrific war humanity has ever known. Actor Robert Hardy, famous for his dramatic portrayal of Winston Churchill, ...

The HISTORY Channel will premiere the new nonfiction series Lost U-Boats of WWII this week, following treasure hunter Darrell Miklos and his team as they depart the coastal Dominican Republic armed ...

As Imperial Japanese soldiers scour the streets, a group of civilians in the eastern Chinese city of Nanjing seek refuge in a small photography studio. Developing photographs taken throughout the city ...

A photograph from a series of images showing the tattoos of C. A. Lushbaugh, who served in the Navy in the 1920s. (USS Arizona Memorial Collection, Naval History and Heritage Command) During his third ...

This article appeared in History of War magazine issue 151. On 2 September 1945, Japanese forces officially surrendered to the Republic of China, ending the brutal occupation which began in 1937.

Starring Russell Crowe as the high-ranking Nazi and Rami Malek as Army officer Douglas M. Kelley, the film dramatizes the intense dynamic between its central characters during the Nuremberg trials ...

This documentary begins with the story of the prelude to World War II, and goes on to analyze such events as the Treaty of Versailles, the League of Nations, rise of the dictators, the spread of ...