American PT boats in the Pacific were failing against Japanese supply barges during the Guadalcanal campaign. This story follows Lieutenant Robert Lynch, his crew aboard PT-48, and the desperate ...

At the turn of the 15th century, the Ottoman Empire was at the zenith of its power. However, its success did not go unnoticed among its neighbours. To its east lay the Timurid Empire. Sultan Bayezid ...

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 ...

Newark Advocate history columnist Doug Stout continues to look at those from Licking County who lost their lives in World War ...

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 ...

Released in the UK on Jan. 22, 'Ninette's War' by journalist John Jay examines darkest chapter in French history through a ...

By far the **best American fighter** in operational service in 1939, and by far the **shiniest aircraft** on this list, the * ...

Seven Japanese-American soldiers deemed “enemy aliens” in World War II were posthumously commissioned eight decades after ...

New book 'Partisan Song' packs an action-filled punch as it tells the story of Moshe Gildenman, a nearly-forgotten Jewish guerrilla warfare leader against the Nazis in Ukraine ...

As World War II reshaped rural Iowa, German prisoners of war became an essential labor force, and, in some cases, unexpected ...

The Baltimore Sun interviewed three survivors and two grown children of survivors, all from Baltimore, in commemoration of ...

The Holocaust of the Greek Jews was the darkest episode of the Nazi occupation of the country, as over 59,000 Greek Jews were ...