Thus, by 1943, it must have been clear to high-ranking Nazi officials like Frank that unless Germany developed some revolutionary weapon like the nuclear bomb…

On a sleepy Sunday morning in 1941, the Hawaiian island of Oahu could not have seemed more peaceful or idyllic. Even with the relatively recent…
Rankin voted against the declaration and refused to yield to the pressure of her colleagues, even when she was publicly booed from the gallery. Explaining…

May 22nd, 1946. A gray morning enveloped the city of Prague. In the streets near Pancra Prison, groups of people gathered, some trying to see,…

June 19th, 1944. Chidori airfield, Iwoima. Lieutenant General Tadamichi Kuribayashi stepped off the transport plane onto the volcanic ash runway, immediately enveloped by oppressive heat.…
American casualties had already exceeded all pre-invasion estimates. The 5-day battle had stretched into its third week with no end in sight. Baron Nishi’s tank…

When the fighting in Europe ceased in May 1945, the silence did not mean immediate order. Scattered along secondary roads, destroyed industrial areas, and rural…
General Elia Stifflier, new Romanian chief of the general staff since early 1942, organized the mobilization and deployment of a contingent that reached its peak…
Damasanu had the capability to seal city access points, occupy key communication and transport nodes, and neutralize German units scattered in the capital before they…

In November 1942, the Red Army launched Operation Uranus and within weeks destroyed what remained of two entire armies on the banks of the Vular.…





