After Nuremberg, U.S. military policy stated troops have a duty to disobey orders “a man of ordinary sense and understanding ...

That’s why a story in a 1945 issue of the Crowley Acadian-Signal about Myrl Joseph Faulk caught my eye. He fought through some of the most horrific battles of World War II, but, like many other ...

Galesburg author Tom Colclasure set out to document his grandfather’s military service as a World War II paratrooper with the 82nd Airborne — and ended up uncovering a web of powerful stories about ...

Road to Revenge,” fights against both Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union—mirroring Finland’s complicated World War II history.

The video tells the story of why German soldiers came to fear the American .50-caliber Browning more than any other weapon of ...

Few scenarios scare pundits and policymakers as much as the prospect of nuclear proliferation. Russia’s willingness to dangle the threat of deploying tactical nuclear weapons in its war against ...

Baumkuchen originated in Germany but has become a wildly popular sweet in Japan, where a prisoner of war on a small western island started making the treat that has thrived in its new homeland. Today, ...

December 16th, 1944. Over 400,000 German soldiers launch a surprise attack through the Ardennes Forest, shattering American ...

Not even three months after the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor, Americans on the west coast thought they were under attack. Sirens wailed across Los Angeles in the early morning hours of Feb. 25, ...

Authors Johnny Smith and Randy Roberts explore Louis's personal fight during WWII and how he became a champion for Black ...

Japan and Germany’s expanding defence cooperation reflects a shared effort to adapt to a more uncertain security environment.

At a deserted Wehrmacht outpost hidden in the German countryside, personal artifacts begin to surface — dog tags, field ...