Despite its long-standing alliance with Britain, Portugal remained officially neutral during World War II, walking a ...

Illinois was a top-10 oil producing state from 1941 to 1945, producing 470 million barrels of oil, or 6% of overall U.S. production.

As an actress, she was known as the “most beautiful woman in the world” during the 1940s. Lamarr was also a technological genius whose inventions helped support the Allies during WWII.

Allied intelligence confirmed that Nazi Germany was developing “vengeance” weapons, including the V-2 long-range rocket, at Peenemünde on the Baltic Sea.

HMS Eagle played a crucial role in Operation Pedestal, a vital Allied convoy mission to resupply the besieged island of Malta ...

After Iran’s Parliament voted to close the Strait of Hormuz, Beijing’s foreign-affairs spokesperson stressed—in what looked ...

A leaked preliminary assessment from the Defense Intelligence Agency on June 24 said that the damage was minimal. Whom to ...

As rusting war-era ships decay on the seafloor, their toxic cargoes pose an urgent but often overlooked environmental ...

The B-17 Flying Fortress was one of the main offensive weapons used during WWII. Here's who designed and built it, and where ...

Muslims from the Caucasus who joined the Wehrmacht – The 845th German-Arab Infantry Battalion and Its actions in Greece – ...

Blaise Metreweli's paternal grandfather had reportedly sent letters to superiors saying he 'personally' took part in ‘the ...

From the Manchester to the B-32, these Allied heavy bombers showcase air power's rapid evolution of purpose, design, and ...