On Feb. 19, Japanese Americans commemorate the more than 100,000 people who were imprisoned during World War II. The U.S. government used the Alien Enemies Act of 1798 to justify their incarceration ...

For instance, despite being built to defend Singapore from a seaward attack, the fort’s guns were turned towards the mainland during World War II to fire at advancing Japanese troops in ...

A mid-air collision that should have ended in disaster turned into one of WWII’s most bizarre aviation events. Two planes got stuck together—but what happened next is even more unbelievable.

The novel is a work of historical fiction by Robert Dugoni, written in partnership with academic researchers Jeff Langholz ...

However, employees organizing the inventory of a Kentucky museum were in for a shock when they discovered a Japanese hand grenade from World War II. The incident took place at the Behringer ...

The Latest Historic images from 80 years ago show the unprecedented scale of the Allied invasion of Nazi-occupied France, changing the course of World War II ... ago in the Japanese bombing ...

In the Sibuyan Sea on Oct. 23, the Japanese First Strike Force lost heavy cruisers Atago and Maya to U.S. submarines Darter and Dace. The following day, Japanese forces lost one of the world’s ...

GalleryUsing pictures left by her grandmother, photographer Jennifer Sakai retraces the story of her ancestors, who were sent to the Poston camp during World War II. When Jennifer Sakai's ...

After the policy forbidding German Jews from serving in the U.S. military was changed during World War II, Pins joined the ... the Pacific theater to assist Japan. That plan was thwarted when ...

Strange Stories of WWII, Hiroo Onoda was a Japanese intelligence officer in the Imperial Japanese Army, who refused to ...

Easily one of the best World War II movies ever, more so due to its anime nature, ‘Grave of the Fireflies’ is directed by Isao Takahata. The Studio Ghibli venture centers on an orphaned brother-sister ...

Fort Siloso will stay open at night for the first time, with a new tour of what defending Singapore during World War II was ...