Days after Pearl Harbor, Nazi Germany declared war on America. But why did Hitler choose to draw the United States directly into the European conflict?

In her December 8, 1941, My Day column, Eleanor Roosevelt reflects on the moment she learned of Japan’s attack on Pearl Harbor and other locations, describing the nation’s shift from uncertainty to resolve. 

Victory gardens became (and remain) an iconic image of life on the Home Front during World War II. 

A tale of sacrifice and survival, the USS Taylor and USS Blakeley, two Wickes-class destroyers, exemplified the bravery and resilience of the US Navy during World War II.

If the American forces could break through the Hürtgen Forest, there was a chance they could reach the Rhine near Cologne, threatening the German industrial region along the Ruhr River and possibly even force a crossing.