A top historian offers a compelling history of perhaps the most remarkable holiday season in 20th-century history--December 1941--a Christmas season that played out in the shadows of the Pearl Harbor ...

A look at the effects of World War II on California and its lasting impact. Every American was impacted by the Dec. 7, 1941 attack on Pearl Harbor. The entrance of the U.S. in World War II had major ...

President Franklin Delano Roosevelt issued a dramatic call to the American people to protect and defend four universal human ideals in his State of the Union address on this day in history, Jan. 6, ...

Summary and What You Need to Know: During World War II, aircraft carriers revolutionized naval warfare, and several stood out for their significant contributions. HMS Illustrious (87) led the attack ...

BALTIMORE (WHTM) — In 1941, World War II was in its third year. Everyone knew it was only a matter of time before the United States would join the fight. Already, the country was shipping vast amounts ...

Think back to the most famous depictions from World War II: Whether it’s the Rosie the Riveter posters or the movie Saving Private Ryan, inspired by the D-Day invasion, the heroes celebrated in ...

In 1941, the world changed forever. On what seemed like another ordinary December night, the calm of a Hawaiian morning turned to chaos when Japanese bombers roared over Pearl Harbor, dragging the U.S ...

Ships played a crucial role in World War II, from large-scale engagements in the Atlantic and Pacific theaters of war to smaller clashes in the Arctic Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea. The various ...

History is seldom tidy. Eras overlap and unfinished business from one period lingers into the next. World War II was a war like no other in the magnitude of its effects on the lives of people and the ...

World War II was the deadliest international conflict in world history, leaving almost 80 million people dead. Although the devastating impact of World War I tended to stick to the battlefield, ...