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In 1942, during the darkest days of World War II, Lieutenant Colonel Wendell Fertig refused to surrender after the fall of ...

Revolutionary futuristic warplanes were developed in the Second World War. To prevent the enemy from learning the secrets of ...

Finance and sales outfit Global Constellation has closed a raft of key international deals on Daniel Fahre’s World War II drama “Battle of Oslo.” The film sold in North America (Samuel Goldwyn Films), ...

On December 16, 1944, eighteen American soldiers stood alone against 500 German paratroopers during the opening hours of the ...

In early 1941, the once-quiet Torrey Pines bluffs — a landscape of red-tailed hawks and the gliders of Charles Lindbergh’s soaring clubs — suddenly echoed with the rumble of construction. Target ...

World War II proved that control of the oceans could determine the outcome of a global conflict. While battleships had long ...

Thomas Robertson does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond ...

Out of the 16.4 million U.S. soldiers who served in World War II, and the less than 50,000 still living, what are the chances that two of those veterans who fought in the same battle would meet 82 ...

More than 3,000 artworks from national museums were stowed in chateaus in the Lot—about 350 miles south of Paris Chrissie McClatchie - Freelance travel writer The Château de Montal's early Renaissance ...

The “TODAY IN HISTORY feature in The Plain Dealer each day may be overlooked by some, but for me it is required reading. Most every day, there is at least one event listed that makes me contemplate ...

Arlington, Va (7News) — Each year on February 19, our nation pauses to honor Iwo Jima Day, marking the beginning of one of the most pivotal and hard-fought battles of World War II. The Battle of Iwo ...