World War II was one of the most transformative events of the 20th century. It was the largest war ever fought, with more than 50 nations and 100 million troops involved, and it reshaped geopolitics, ...

America’s 80-year run as the world’s ... major U.S. initiatives launched in response to the upheaval of World War II. One was to convene the 1944 Bretton Woods conference, which enshrined ...

As the US joined World War 1, their inexperienced troops and lack of military doctrine gave Allied commanders scarce hope that they would turn the tide of a war in which Britain and France were barely ...

At the outbreak of World War One, the United States of America decided not to involve itself in what it saw as a European conflict. However, some major events brought an end to this neutral position.

The Lafayette Escadrille: The American Volunteers Who Flew For France in World War One is available to stream on pbs.org and the free PBS App, available on iPhone, Apple TV, Android TV ...

In early 2025, the U.S. Department of Defense removed at least two web pages related to Ira Hayes, a Native American veteran ...

When most people think of World War One, they think of trenches ... They also allowed safe passage for American troops, enabling over one million US soldiers to cross the Atlantic Ocean and ...

Since World War II, American forces have been stationed on the island. Today, from a remote outpost, they watch the skies.

It was thanks to former WWI pilot Tommy Hitchcock that the P-51 entered U.S service — and changed the skies over Europe ...

As part of what an aide to Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth reportedly called a "digital content refresh," many references on ...

The combination of speed, range, and armament made the P-51 Mustang one of the most versatile platforms of the Second World ...