The Bofors 40mm anti-aircraft gun was essential for naval and coastal air defense throughout World War II. The Second World War was known for its iconic, advanced (for its era) weapons. Hitler’s ...

From a crumbling pill box in the UK to a derelict rail line in Hawaii, these are the abandoned World War II places that the world forgot.

Preparation For War. Populations and Powers -- Military Strengths of the Allies -- Military Strengths of the Axis -- Fleets of Major World Powers -- Soviet Forces in Europe -- Japan and the Second ...

When the United States was drawn into the sprawling, brutal theaters of World War II, facing fierce enemies across the battlefields of Europe and the unforgiving terrain of the Pacific, it quickly ...

TYLER, Texas (KLTV) - A trip to the East Texas Oil Museum in Kilgore is a trip back in time to the 1930s oil boom. “Oil was everywhere here,” said Olivia Moore, museum director. At the time of ...

Before we all had what are essentially little powerful computers in our pockets at the ready to solve any problem via search engines and AI, analog machines combined with pen-and-paper math was the go ...

NASM copy 39088019708049 purchased with funds from the S. Dillon Ripley Endowment. "Very few people would include Mexico in the list of U.S. World War II Allies. Sadly, Mexico's aid to the United ...

Eighty years after the end of World War II, scholars and writers are still finding ways to shed new light on the conflict. Four recent books uncover fresh insights. Telling the story of the battle for ...