In the freezing winter of 1939, the Soviet Union launched an invasion of Finland, expecting an easy victory. Instead, they ...

Prohibited from serving with the U.S. Army as a medical officer, Barbara Stimson was commissioned by the British—and helped ...

Although the devices found during construction work were practice bombs, they can be harmful. Officials said there could be ...

Fighter jets, tanks, and *mules* in WWII? All Creatures Great and Small's official production historian explains.

Scores of unexploded bombs dating from World War II have been recovered from a children’s playground in northern England after a chance discovery. Local officials in the town of Wooler ...

More than 170 bombs from World War II were discovered underneath a children's playground in northern England, officials said, and it is believed that more will be unearthed. The first of the bombs ...

For others, like Benelux employee Patrick Livémont, the sense of historical duty takes a more individual and private form.

Sligo’s poet W. B. Yeats died on January 28th 1939, two days before Hitler’s famous Reichstag speech. The fascist rhetoric of the dictator’s speech on the annihilation of the Jews tragically ...

In December 1941 Japan attacked the United States at Pearl Harbor, Hawai'i, causing the U.S. to enter World War II. Over two years would pass until the Allies reached their great turning point in ...

On May 3, 1945, during its second war patrol, Lagarto was lost with all 80 crew members aboard. This year marks the 80th ...

THE terrifying last moments of the tragic ship dubbed the “Greek Titanic” have been revealed, after new images captured the ghostly remains of her wreck. The Heimara sank on January ...

Ukraine's Zelenskiy says ending the war means security guarantees Says talks can take any format if guarantees in place Zelenskiy again rules out elections under martial law Feb 9 (Reuters) - U.S ...