From coaling station to naval base, Pearl Harbor’s strategic importance in the Pacific was widely recognized.

Major events are often rooted deeply in the past—the “long fuse” that leads to explosions.

Part III of the story of the Hesse Heist tells the story of the discovery and theft of the jewels.

The Polish Home Army’s plan to launch a series of uprisings throughout Poland during the Soviet Union’s summer offensive in 1944 had important consequences for how the Warsaw Uprising unfolded.

Seventy-five years ago, journalist John Hersey’s article “Hiroshima” forever changed how Americans viewed the atomic attack on Japan.

Thanks to a manuscript Beck wrote while hiding out in France in 1944, we know much of the story of this American fighter pilot.

Robert Riskin, head of the Bureau of Motion Pictures, was responsible for creating Projections of America, a documentary film series that became one of the most important propaganda initiatives of World War II.

Scientists became political activists in the debate over control of atomic energy.

The Japanese Americans who served in Company B of the 1800th should be remembered for their courage and dedication. 

What transpired in Spain in 1936-37 was not only a civil war but a social revolution.

Part II of the story of the Hesse Heist focuses on the fate of the Hessen family and their estate.

Soldiers and Marines urged fellow Americans to fight against anti-Japanese American racism at home as they were fighting for democracy overseas.