USS Essex (CV-9), the lead ship of the Essex-class aircraft carriers, had a storied career that significantly impacted U.S.

Following Japan's withdrawal from the Washington Naval Treaty in 1934, it began constructing the Yamato-class battleships to ...

Corporal DeCloss was a member of Company C, 194th Tank Battalion, U.S. Army when Japanese forces invaded the Philippine ...

Discover top World War II historical fiction. These must-read WWII novels capture the era's drama, bravery, and humanity.

In January 1942, Keil’s father, Cornelius, wrote a letter to the Navy. It was recently returned to the family. “Dear sir,” it reads. “I received a telegram from you, December 21 ...

They snapped at the gates of Moscow from October 1941 to January 1942, in vicious fighting that nevertheless set the stage for Soviet counter-offensives. The most obvious course of action for any ...

1942年，苏联军队缴获了侵略者德军的物资，其中一张女英雄卓娅就义时的照片赫然在列。 然而当人们观看这张照片时，却不约而同地咬紧牙关、眼含热泪，他们群情激奋，意欲将所有德军杀之而后快。

Little did I know, when, in December, 1979, I saw Steven Spielberg’s new film, “1941”—in 70-mm., on the curved screen of the Cinema 150 theatre, in Woodbury, Long Island— that I was ...

Robert M. Citino - author of Death of the Wehrmacht: The German Campaigns of 1942 ‘A fitting follow-on to Stahel's previous books, Kiev 1941 is a fresh, accurate, and authoritative volume. A ...

The agreement was signed with immediate effect on 12 July 1941 by diplomats Sir Stafford ... Ambassador in Russia from June 1940 to January 1942 and was crucial in negotiating the entry of Russia ...

现如今，健康饮食越来越流行，人间美味不可错过，温饱已不再是个难题，谁还能想到在78年前，饥荒席卷了我国河南、河北、山西、山东、安徽等地区，因饥荒而背井离乡的人不在少数，1942年河南大饥荒是抗日时期的饥荒之一，据相关资料披露，饥荒导致了大约300万人 ...

2004 — Jerry Rice’s run of 274 straight games with a catch is ended in the Oakland Raiders’ 13-10 victory over the Buffalo ...