A top historian offers a compelling history of perhaps the most remarkable holiday season in 20th-century history--December 1941--a Christmas season that played out in the shadows of the Pearl Harbor ...

The good news for 1942 was that mobilization exceeded all expectations. Cooperation and patriotism swept the country. In the Detroit suburbs, Ford and Hudson turned from cars and trucks to bombers.

Imperial Japan launched a devastating Sunday morning surprise attack on the U.S. Navy and other military assets at Pearl Harbor, rousing a "sleeping giant" and thrusting an enraged America into World ...

BALTIMORE (WHTM) — In 1941, World War II was in its third year. Everyone knew it was only a matter of time before the United States would join the fight. Already, the country was shipping vast amounts ...

When most people think of women's contributions to World War II, the Rosie the Riveter poster is probably the first thing that comes to mind. But many of the women crucial to the war effort do not ...

Eighty years ago this week, a small group of American aviators fought in their first battle in World War II. Their mission was unusual: They were mercenaries hired by China to fight against Japan.

On December 7, 1941, the joy of the Christmas season in Tallahassee was shattered when Japanese aircraft attacked U.S. military bases in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, and, over the next few hours, also ...

Former Ukraine correspondent for the Economist and Daily Telegraph, Reid brings to this narrative a comprehensive background in Russian affairs, an eye for the telling anecdote, and an approach that ...

Today, our Nation proudly commemorates the 80th anniversary of the Allied Powers’ triumph over national socialism and fascism, and the end of World War II in Europe — one of the most epic victories ...