With Germany upset about how WWI ended and Japan upset about a lack-of-access to much-needed natural resources, another war sent the world into chaos between 1939-1945. Stories in this collection are about some of those events.
"It's a Wonderful Life" is one of the most-popular films to watch during the holidays. Who was James Maitland Stewart (1908-1997), its star? Known the...
Portrayed by Keira Knightley, in "The Imitation Game," Joan Clarke was a brilliant mathematician who worked on breaking Enigma's naval code during Wor...
It was Joe Rosenthal who took the famous flag-raising photo at Iwo Jima.
On Iwo Jima's D-Day - February 19, 1945 - Basilone was a machine-gun section leader who came ashore on Red Beach 2.
John Basilone (born on November 4, 1916) was the sixth of Salvatore and Dora Basilone's ten children.
This clip provides a video biography of John Basilone, who heroically protected the airfield at Guadalcanal.
John Doc Bradley was one of the flag raisers at Iwo Jima and is in the famous picture which Joe Rosenthal took on February 23, 1945. His son wrote "Fl...
Wishing to build a school on his property, Rabe had to join the Nazi party. Woods tells us why.
Despite the danger all around him, Julien Bryan continues to film and photograph Hitler's invasion of Poland, including the devastation in Warsaw.
Juno Beach was the segment of the Normandy coastline assigned to the Canadians on D-Day.
In the immediate aftermath of the Pearl Harbor attacks - on December 7, 1941 - the U.S. government used the smallisland of Kahoolawe-off the shore of ...
Not a trained radar analyst, Kermit Tyler, was nevertheless on duty during December 7, 1941 bombing at Pearl Harbor. Does he deserve blame for not re...
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