May 8, 1945—Victory in Europe Day. In London, Paris, and New York, bells rang and…
They told her Americans were animals who showed no mercy to the defeated, that prisoners…
3.5 million. That’s how many enemy soldiers these five American generals killed between 1941 and…
At exactly 0847 hours, June 14, 1944, three miles west of Carentan, France, a Sherman…
September 12, 1943. A muddy airstrip carved from a jungle island in the Solomon chain.…
At 0730 on September 16, 1943, 27 Marine pilots stood in the tropical heat on…
January 8, 1945. Luxembourg City, Luxembourg. General Omar Bradley sits in his headquarters reading newspaper…
Sometimes a photograph stops you in your tracks. This is one of those images: three…
A German test pilot bailed out over enemy territory in 1945, certain the Americans would…
In the chaotic symphony of war, there is one sound that terrifies a tanker more…
It didn’t start with a roar. It wasn’t the grinding screech of Tiger tank treads.…
August 21st, 1945. A dirt track carved through the dense jungle of Luzon, Philippines. The…
Picture this. It is 1944. You are deep in the steaming, suffocating jungles of Burma.…
Fort Sam Houston, Texas. August 1943. The hospital train arrived at dawn, brakes screaming against…
April 14th, 1865. The story begins with an invitation from President Abraham Lincoln and his…
Instead of hiding his daughter with Down syndrome, Charles de Gaulle raised her proudly, and…
April 4th, 1945. Merkers, Germany. A column of Third Army vehicles rolled through the shattered…
December 21, 1945. Tokyo, Japan. General Douglas MacArthur sits in his office in the Dai-ichi…
If Patton hadn’t moved in time, the 101st Airborne wouldn’t have been captured or forced…
December 16, 1944. If General George S. Patton hadn’t made one phone call—hadn’t spoken four…