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Operation Undertone: The Allies Clear the Rhineland
US Third and Seventh Armies' March 1945 offensive cleared the Rhineland, pushing deep into Germany and decisively weakening German defenses before the final Allied push.
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WWII Movies at the 2025 Academy Awards
The films A Real Pain and The Brutalist deal with how Jewish victims of the Holocaust moved to the United States and built new lives for themselves and their families.
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The Trial of Adolf Eichmann
Adolf Eichmann initially escaped justice by fleeing to Argentina, where he hid out for nearly a decade until he was kidnapped by Israeli intelligence operatives and taken to Israel for trial.
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The Washington Naval Conference of 1921-22
Although the Washington Naval Conference concluded nearly two decades before the attack on Pearl Habor, its outcome shaped the course of World War II in the Pacific between the United States and Japan.
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Iwo Jima: Sacrifice and Sanctuary
In the annals of US Marine Corps history, few battles resonate like that of Iwo Jima.
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Decoding WWII Plane Nose Art
World War II is widely considered the golden age of nose art. With the proliferation of air forces and airpower, the presence of this unique art form grew exponentially.
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WWII Airman Killed in New Guinea Mission Accounted for 80 Years Later
The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency announced that 26-year-old US Army Air Forces Staff Sergeant Eugene J. Darrigan of Wappingers Falls, New York, was identified and accounted for.
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Operations Veritable and Grenade: The Allies Close on the Rhine
Before the Allies could cross the Rhine River, Bernard Montgomery’s forces first had to pry the German defenders away from its western bank with two simultaneous operations: Veritable and Grenade.
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Harry Stewart Jr., Decorated Tuskegee Fighter Pilot, Dies at 100
The Tuskegee Airmen National Historical Museum confirmed retired Lieutenant Colonel Harry Stewart Jr.'s death, saying he passed away peacefully at his home in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan.
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Jack Sanders and the NFL Join the Fight
As dozens of their players left the gridiron for battlefields overseas, the cities of Philadelphia and Pittsburgh joined forces to keep the decimated NFL squads up and running.
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‘Cold-Blooded Extermination’: The Allied Governments’ December 1942 Declaration on the Holocaust
In December 1942, a week before Christmas, the Allied governments issued a statement exposing a monstrous chain of events in Nazi-occupied Europe.
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The Child Prisoners of Santo Tomas
Tens of thousands of Allied civilians, including children, were caught in the crossfire of World War II in the Pacific and interned in camps such as Santo Tomas in the Philippines.