The reason Go for Broke Day is on April 5th is for the heroic actions of private first class Sadao S. Munemori. Munemori was ...

Born from the trauma of World War II, this bow-wearing cartoon icon became a powerful tool for diplomacy, reinvention, and ...

The Battle of Midway is widely remembered as a turning point in World War II, where American naval airpower crushed Japa ...

The history of Japanese dive bombers during World War II is often overshadowed by the dramatic successes of American air ...

Refugees from the eruption of Mount Lewotobi Laki-laki in East Flores regency, East Nusa Tenggara province, Indonesia, ...

World War II saw the introduction of countless new and innovative forms of firepower. Discover the coolest facts about ...

Survivors of the eruptions of Mount Lewotobi Laki-laki in East Flores, East Nusa Tenggara (NTT), have discovered 16 active ...

An estimated 240,000 people were killed or went missing in the Battle of Okinawa during World War II. Eighty years later, the ...

Nicknamed the “Tokyo Express” by their opponents, the Japanese “tin cans” acquired the grudging respect of the Americans for ...

When his company was ordered to take a hill during the Korean War's Operation Ripper, Sfc. Nelson Brittin led the way.

He was a member of a segregated unit in the Pacific Northwest that fought forest fires set off by Japanese balloon bombs.