This WWII sailor stepped in to save a fellow POW from a beating

Japanese soldiers were beating a POW to the brink of death... that is until Richard Antrim stepped forward and offered to ...

World War II day at Hagen History Center to mark Battle of Bulge siege

The World War II siege of Bastogne will be the focus at Erie's Hagen History Center on Jan. 17. The daylong event will ...
Military.com

Pearl Harbor's Forgotten 1944 Disaster Killed at Least 163 Men and Reformed Navy Safety Measures

The blast consumed everyone near the bow. No witnesses survived to explain what triggered the detonation. A fireball erupted ...
The White House

America 250: Presidential Message on the Anniversary of the Ratification of the 1783 Treaty of Paris

On January 14, 1784, the Second Continental Congress ratified the decisive Treaty of Paris—the binding accord that ended the Revolutionary War, secured ...
Public Broadcasting Service (PBS)

The Surprising History of WW2's VE Day

Discover a few interesting things you might not know about Victory in Europe Day, May 8, 1945—from royal princesses in conga lines to Stalin's demanding a second Nazi surrender.