Over two centuries, the U.S. has amassed vast economic powers across the globe during and after the two World Wars , and ...

The Pacific War begins. In this episode of our historical animated documentary series Pacific War Week by Week, we cover the Japanese surprise attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941. This bold ...

Reuters, the news and media division of Thomson Reuters, is the world’s largest multimedia news provider, reaching billions of people worldwide every day. Reuters provides business, financial ...

In February 1944, Iowa joined Operation Hailstone – the attack on Japan’s fortress harbor at Truk Lagoon. While carriers ...

In that picture, my Uncle was standing in front of a sign that I researched and discovered to be an iconic landmark known as ...

Get our free Book Pages newsletter about bestsellers, authors and more A combat veteran of World War II, Kirby served as an ...

When World War II came to Palm Beach County and the Treasure Coast, it wasn’t in the form of grainy newsreel footage from the ...

The attack lasted two hours. The memorial has stood for generations. Pearl Harbor draws people from around the world to this ...

During his 16th Fireside Chat on December 29, 1940, President Franklin Delano Roosevelt referred to the United States as the ...

Dashiell Hammett, the well-known author of “The Maltese Falcon” and “The Thin Man,” established a newspaper called the ...

Then-U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt delivered the remark during his "Four Freedoms" speech in 1941, days before ...

Then-U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt delivered the remark during his "Four Freedoms" speech in 1941, days before ...