How a forceful German counterattack in February 1944 could not push back the Allied Anzio landing.

From our 21st-century point of view, it is hard to imagine World War II without the United States as a major participant. Before the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941, however, Americans were seriously divided over what the role of the United States in the war should be, or if it should even have a role at all. Even as the war consumed large portions of Europe and Asia in the late 1930s and early 1940s, there was no clear consensus on how the United States should respond.

The personal cost of a great victory is brought home to a young pilot.

From the Manhattan Project to Hiroshima and atomic diplomacy.

A single teardrop symbolizes FDR’s tumultuous first term.

How the strategic location of the diamond-shaped peninsula proved too much for the Germans.

Families with unrecovered loved ones should never give up.

The unforgettable sight of three Japanese carriers burning on the blue Pacific, described by a pilot who was there.

The spirit of democracy in wartime connects two great presidential memorials.

How the sheer raw power of the Allies overwhelmed the Germans.

A WWII US Army lieutenant who called artillery fire onto his position is posthumously recognized for valor.

Naval aviator Dusty Kleiss describes the moment that changed everything at the Battle of Midway.