A new documentary that began airing on PBS this month highlights one of the most surreal stories from World War II: the "Atomic Bowl." ...

From fictional epics like American Sniper to biographical accounts like Lone Survivor, the greatest modern war movies know how to stir audiences.

The statement by right-wing German historian Sönke Neitzel about the “last summer of peace” articulates the bloodthirsty ...

President Donald Trump suggested changing the name of Defense Department back to its pre-World War II moniker as the War Department, after the success in bombing Iran’s nuclear facilities.

In 1945, 19-year-old Princess Elizabeth joined the Auxiliary Territorial Service, the women's branch of the British Army.

The Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum traces one of history’s darkest chapters—the atomic bombing of Hiroshima during World War ...

It is the first time that a Japanese emperor has mourned at a site where Japanese people were detained abroad, according to the Imperial Household Agency.

In December 1905, England played New Zealand in the first-ever rugby test match between the two nations. The All Blacks, ...

Bush, writing in the aftermath of World War II, saw that wartime collaboration between academia and industry had borne rapid technological fruit — and wisely foresaw that the country would benefit ...

In 1947, during the aftermath of World War II, President Harry Truman signed the National Security Act, which combined the War and Navy Departments, as well as the newly formed Air Force, into one ...

But we feel that way.” The country had a War Department since its founding until the aftermath of World War II, when the departments of Army, Navy and Air Force were each given Cabinet status.

Hashemi, a graphic designer from Tehran, said his home and car were significantly damaged during the fighting between Israel ...