As previously noted, the precise day in which World War II ended is nebulous. August 15 is normally celebrat...  ...soldiers disputed it, we can reasonably say that World War II ended precisely 80 ago.The US Naval Institute sha...

On August 10, 1945, after deciding that two atomic...  ...or belligerent surrendered, it was the end of the war and thus a time of great celebration.WPRI News no...

The American aircraft carrier Yorktown (CV-5, as distinguished from CV-10, which is now a museum ship) fought the Japanese at Coral Sea and Midway. It was in the latter engagement that she sank to the Pacific Ocean floor...

On December 7, 1941 -- 83 years ago today -- US Navy Seaman Second Class John C. Auld died in battle while serving on the USS Oklahoma. He was one of 2,403 American servicemen who fell that day.CBS News reports that, thr...

Last year, Valkyrie Historical Auctions, a seller...  ...t year, Valkyrie Historical Auctions, a seller of World War II memorabilia, offered a copy of this paper pamphle...  ...let attributed to the occupied Netherlands during World War II . The Dutch inscription says, "Where is the fifth...

80 years ago, the brave men of the western Allied armies were saving Europe and having a rough go of it. Conditions in the field were spartan and beer was a usually unobtainable luxury.Pictured above is a RAF Supermarine...

CBC tells us about a pair of ingeniously-designed...  ...he organizers called the games the Tea Bowl I and II in reference to the English national beverage and...  ...the second game. There was going to be a Tea Bowl III

Today, I ran across the above image on Twitter. It...  ...parity between the United States and Japan during World War II . The Japanese Empire was doomed because it gravel...  ...re and the importance of industrial capacity in a war waged in the 1940s.To my knowledge, the United St...

The welbike- a British motorcycle fitted in an a...  ...n history (@lostinhist0ry) August 1, 2022 During World War II , Britain wanted to ensure that its special forces...

WW2 RAF uniform buttons that become a compass fo...  ...2 This tiny button is actually a compass. During World War II , Royal Air Force crews were often equipped with t...