In 1941, thousands of Spaniards took a personal oath of loyalty to Adolf Hitler—despite Spain remaining officially neutral.

On Feb. 2, 1943, the last remnants of Germany’s 6th Army surrendered in the frozen ruins of Stalingrad. The fighting had lasted more than 200 days and cost an estimated 2 million casualties. It marked ...

Historical evidence shows the Nazi ideal of femininity was clean faces.

The 4th Marine Division and the Army's 7th Infantry Division landed on several islands within the atoll. Four days later, ...

Each year on February 15, followers gather at Sulfur Bay near the smoking slopes of Mount Yasur, one of the world’s most active volcanoes, to celebrate John Frum Day. Dressed in improvised military ...

To determine who was a national security threat, the government used overt racial profiling. Similar to today, when the U.S. government often misidentifies Latino Americans as noncitizens, a majority ...

Franklin Delano Roosevelt was born on Monday, Jan. 30, 1882, in Hyde Park, New York. He was the only child of James and Sara Roosevelt. His early education was provided ...

Student surpasses $100,000 goal to create educational tool for peers This launch showed what happens when a young ...

Partisan Song” tells how a Jewish engineer from Ukraine became a guerilla war hero. His music will be heard for the first time in 83 years.

Olympic fans may know that Cortina d’Ampezzo hosted the Winter Games once before, in 1956. Less well known is that 15 years ...

This story has been updated with a response from the White House. A senior U.S. envoy involved in efforts to end Russia's ...

How Our Deepest Longing Drives and Divides Us’ by Rebecca Newberger Goldstein “Rebecca Newberger Goldstein isn’t the first ...