Category: History

The F4U Corsair, arguably the most difficult warplane to fly, had an outstanding aviation career thanks to modifications done not by the US Navy, but by the Royal Navy.

While pitting these two juggernauts seems obviously impractical, could the behemoth Maus stand a chance against the American Abrams?

Wars are not only fought with bullets and bombs. Wars are also fought with words. Sometimes these words are printed on brightly colored paper and disseminated to the enemy using leaflet bombs and aircraft. To a soldier feeling bad about his situation and not trusting his leadership, these propaganda bombs can be the “straw that broke the camel’s back”, causing them to surrender.

When a nuclear alarm went off shortly after midnight in the fall of 1983, a USSR officer on duty had to make a life-changing decision.

Until recently, most people outside of Iran had never heard of the country’s morality police, let alone followed their wider role in the region. But on Sept. 16, 2022, the death of Jina Mahsa Amini sparked widespread protests in the streets of Iran and elsewhere that have shown no signs of abating.

Police have arrested 25 people accused of planning to overthrow the German government in a series of raids across the country.

Rear Adm Robert Byron “By” Fuller is one of the dozens of men who braved the severe treatment as a Prisoner of War during the Vietnam War.

Japan and the US have maintained tight-knit relations for the last seven decades, despite having an ugly past less than a century ago.

Sterling Cale, a Pearl Harbor survivor, answers questions from a reporter from Hawaii News Now during a Pearl Harbor Remembrance ceremony.

On Nov. 29, Hiroshi “Hershey” Miyamura passed away at 97.

81 years after being killed during the attack on Pearl Harbor, the remains of Shipfitter (SF) 2nd Class Claude Ralph Garcia, assigned to the Colorado-class battleship USS West Virginia (BB-48) returned to Ventura County

None of the five mini subs or their crews returned from their missions.