With Germany upset about how WWI ended and Japan upset about a lack-of-access to much-needed natural resources, another war sent the world into chaos between 1939-1945. Stories in this collection are about some of those events.
In 2001, President Bush recognizes and rewards five surviving Navajo code talkers.
The fall of Berlin provokes the end of the war, but there are still troubles ahead for the city.
The most-recognizable building, at Bletchley Park, is the old country mansion. This photo, by Matt Crypto, depicts the mansion which still stands. Cli...
75 years ago, an atomic bomb, known as "Little Boy," devastates the Japanese city of Hiroshima and its people on August 6, 1945.
An atomic bomb called "Fat Man" detonates above the Japanese city of Nagasaki on August 9, 1945. Less than a week later, Japan surrenders, ending WWII...
Dietrich Bonhoeffer's war-time writing continues to encourage people.
Years after Bonhoeffer's death, people still recall the courage of a pastor who was willing to actively resist the evils of the Third Reich. Decades ...
Dietrich Bonhoeffer's war time writing continues to encourage people.
Polish mathematicians help Britain's Alan Turing create a decoder to the Enigma machine.
British troops land at Gold Beach and overcome massive casualties to meet up with the Canadians at Juno.
During WWII, a limited federal budget fuels a successful poster campaign for war bonds and stamps.
Many Japanese Americans go to Camp Manzanar, receive vaccinations, and live in desert conditions.
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