Born to an Indian Sufi father and an American mother, Noor Inayat Khan was the SOE's first female wireless operator who was ...
From '1917' to 'Hacksaw Ridge,' this is the definitive list of the best war movies from every year of the past decade ...
Britain’s best fighter aircraft of the early part of World War 2, the Supermarine Spitfire, was closely matched to the German ...
Most historians and scholars agree, the proximate start of the Second World War is Hitler's invasion of Poland on September ...
Dominic Bersani received the diploma through a state program that gives certificates to veterans who left school to serve ...
On 1940, Romania signed the Tripartite Pact, joining the Axis powers of Germany, Italy and Japan in World War II.
In 1940, the United Kingdom endured constant German Luftwaffe raids. Aircraft and pilot losses stretched the country’s ...
The USS Hornet — an aircraft carrier that saw service in the Pacific Theatre of World War II, the Cold War, the Vietnam War, ...
"Throughout America’s history, many brave citizens who answer the call of duty and serve their country remain unknown and ...
Sonia Sofia Stefanidou, a Greek woman who served as a nurse in 1941, and later went on to operate as a spy against the German ...
The absolute best movie performances of the 1940s include turns from Ingrid Bergman in Notorious and Moira Shearer in The Red ...
On Revolution Day in 1935, a battle erupted in front of the Palacio Nacional in Mexico City's Zócalo between fascists and communists.