A stalemate on the Gustav Line in January 1944 brought about one of the more controversial Allied decisions of Italian campaign.

As the leader of Einsatzgruppe D, Otto Ohlendorf was responsible for the murder of 90,000 Soviet Jews, Roma, and Communists.

Commander Davis demonstrated steadfast leadership during a kamikaze attack off of Luzon, Philippines.

Most scholars date the beginning of the Space Race to the middle of the 1950s. However, in the immediate aftermath of World War II, both the US and USSR were already taking their first steps towards extra-planetary exploration.

On January 3, 1946, ardent fascist and Nazi propaganda broadcaster William “Lord Haw-Haw” Joyce was executed following his conviction for treason.