On September 2, 1945, the second world war ended when Japan officially surrendered. Today, on the 80th anniversary, the ...

Summary A top historian offers a compelling history of perhaps the most remarkable holiday season in 20th-century history--December 1941--a Christmas season that played out in the shadows of the Pearl ...

On Aug. 24, 2025, a series of posts claimed U.S. President Donald Trump once said the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor during ...

The Jantina sank on July 5, 1941, with 48 sailors aboard after being hit by torpedoes fired by the HMS Torbay in the Aegean Sea.

President Franklin D. Roosevelt outlined "Four Freedoms" in his State of the Union address of Jan. 6, 1941, as he prepared Americans for the inevitable entry into World War II.

The last surviving member of the French resistance force that withstood a German advance in a key battle in the north African desert in World War II has died aged 103, authorities announced.France has ...