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.
After the war was over, and Ofuna prisoners were rescued by Allied forces, outsiders were able to view where the POWs had lived.
Oil matters. Ever since mankind has used oil to fuel planes, cars, trucks and other vehicles, oil has been vital to growing economies. To power his vi...
This U.S. military painting depicts the first American troops arriving at Omaha Beach on D-Day.
On witnessing the first test of the atomic bomb, which he had helped to develop during his work with the Manhattan Project, Dr.
This photograph captures an early moment in the Liberation of Paris.
Paul Fussell saw action in Europe during World War II.
This aerial photograph of Pearl Harbor was taken on the 30th of October, 1941 - about five weeks before Japan attacked the naval base.
This aerial photograph of Pearl Harbor was taken on the 30th of October, 1941 - about five weeks before the naval base was attacked by Japan.
This captured Japanese photo, taken by an attack pilot, depicts a huge burst of sea spray after a successful torpedo strike at Battleship Row.
Because the clouds have cleared on Sunday morning - December 7, 1941 - every pilot has an unobstructed view as hundreds of Japanese airplanes approach...
Image of a captured Japanese photograph taken on December 7, 1941.
A deadly train derailment, in 1943, occurred at nearly the same place as the May 2015 Philadelphia train disaster.
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