After years of vague rumblings, explicit threats and open conjecture about the likelihood of a global conflict—in Europe, the Pacific and beyond—the Second World War had begun. The ostensible aim of ...

Dwight David Eisenhower was born on Oct. 14, 1890 in Denison, Texas 135-years ago. His family later relocated to Kansas. His path from a small-town in Kansas to Supreme Allied Commander in Europe ...

World War II, which concluded 80 years ago, was a historic event that defined a generation. Tens of millions of people fought brutal oppression and an unfathomable Holocaust. Today, the world ...

In the aftermath of the Allied invasion of Sicily, American troops executed dozens of unarmed Italian and German prisoners. The Biscari Massacre remains one of the most controversial war crimes ...