Throughout history, wars have greatly altered nations by shifting borders and transforming the lives of countless individuals. Some of these individuals became prisoners of war, enduring extremely ...

These roles allowed women to bypass the combat taboo. Yet they were still regarded as temporary, effectively excluding them ...

From playing Royal Christmas broadcasts to increasing food rations, soldiers and citizens made a concerted effort to spread festive cheer during WW2 ...

Lt. Jack Taylor of the Office of Strategic Services (the precursor to the CIA) is one of many victims of the Holocaust whose ...

Germany’s president is laying a wreath Friday at Coventry Cathedral in central England, symbolically atoning for the atrocities of World War II as his country and the United Kingdom seek to ...

Today in SCV History, on Dec. 8, 1941, the same day Congress formally declared war on Japan, federal authorities began acting ...

This film tells the story of how American tank crews stopped Germany’s armored spearhead at Arracourt in 1944. It follows ...

The Auschwitz museum has introduced a new permanent exhibition showcasing items from the concentration camp. These include animal-shaped stencils that a woman made from a shoe and a paper bag used ...

Les Schrenk and Casey Bukowski already share a special bond as World War II veterans. After all, not many from the Greatest ...

Future Americans will wonder how we barred desperate, law-abiding immigrants from the safe haven of our country.

Gyaros, an arid and uninhabited Greek island in the northern Cyclades, was a place of exile and torture during the military ...

Several of the films on my best-of-the-year list, including “Last Air in Moscow,” are fundamentally timeless expressions and explorations of solidarity. They take us inside authoritarian crackdowns, ...