Willard Smith and Robert Miller both served in World War II, and 82 years later, they have crossed paths once again.

Army historian Peter Knight joins WIRED to answer the internet’s burning questions about World War II. What is the timeline of World War II? Who, exactly, were the ‘Ghost Army’ in World War II? How ...

World War II Timeline -- pt. I. Americans Abroad -- 1. Fairness, Savagery, Delight, Trauma, and Vice -- 2. Combat Remembered -- 3. Why We Fight -- pt. II. Americans at Home -- 4. Gearing Up for War -- ...

Joseph “Pat” Tully, a veteran of the Army Signal Corps, remembers watching with some puzzlement as ships loaded with troops in the harbor at Weymouth, England, in early June 1944. “They never told us ...