Many of the tactics, techniques, and procedures used during the invasion of Sicily set a precedent for further development in Allied amphibious assaults in the European theater of operations.

As World War II approached, schizophrenics became victims of an even greater human rights violation at the hands of the Third Reich.

Allied intelligence believed that most captured American officers were being held at the Hammelburg prisoner of war camp, Oflag XIII-B. This population likely included Patton’s son-in-law, Lieutenant Colonel John Waters, but there was no way to be sure.

For his heroic service as an infantry officer during the Allied invasion of Sicily, Second Lieutenant Robert Craig was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor on July 11, 1943.

Adolf Hitler's secret mission to Otto Skorzeny during the Ardennes Counteroffensive would rely on deception, employing English-speaking troops in US Army uniforms and equipment. 

Wartime film star Patsy Kelly's most defiant act was being an openly gay woman in an inhospitable climate for the LGBTQIA+ community. 

War production was crucial for an Allied victory, but what happened when labor strikes challenged the “arsenal of democracy”?

George Benton Turner joined the US Marine Corps in 1918, but World War I ended before he shipped overseas. When World War II broke out, Turner, now in his early 40s, once again volunteered to fight for his country, this time enlisting in the US Army in October 1942.

K-9 war hero Layka, who saved the life of her handler and his teammates in Afghanistan, is part of a long history of dogs serving in war.

For five days in 1943, a fashion fad was at the center of racial violence in Los Angeles.

Jewish Americans like Isadore S. Jachman contributed greatly to the American war effort in World War II, risking—and sacrificing—everything in the struggle against fascism.

On May 22, 1943, Moscow announced the dissolution of the Communist International.