On December 1, Admiral Yamamoto gave aircraft carriers the go-ahead to bomb Pearl Harbor—one of several blows delivered simultaneously in a vast Japanese offensive that expanded World War II ...

On 7 December 1941, the world was transformed in the space of one morning. The Japanese launched a surprise attack on the American naval base at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. It aimed to weaken the US ...

The Black Tom bombing, along with Germany’s unrestricted submarine warfare and the Zimmerman Telegram, eventually led to ...

The Navy announced it has awarded an $8 billion mega contract to 11 companies — including both local and mainland contractors ...

Japan authorized war preparations on July 2, 1941. Planning for the attack on Pearl Harbor began. (The women codebreakers of World War II helped end the war.) No turning back ...

More than 80 years ago, the Dec. 7, 1941, attack on U.S. naval and air bases at Pearl Harbor on Oahu caught America off guard and marked the beginning of the Pacific War. That surprise strike ...

Modeled partly on Ronald Reagan's failed Strategic Defense Initiative — known then as "Star Wars" — the Golden Dome echoes Cold War-era visions of layered missile defense from orbit.

Stories about World War II. By Jeff Schogol Posted on Jul 1, 2025 By Shannon Corbeil Posted on Jun 24, 2025 By Nicholas Slayton Posted on Jun 23, 2025 By Jeff Schogol Posted on Jun 13, 2025 Sign ...

BERLIN — Some 20,500 people were evacuated on Wednesday from the city of Cologne, in western Germany, as explosives experts prepared to defuse three unexploded World War II bombs found during ...

World War II veterans return to Normandy's beaches for the 81st D-Day anniversary, with about two dozen mostly centenarian former servicemen receiving warm welcomes from local French people.

The German city of Cologne has finished evacuating 20,500 people, its largest evacuation order since World War II, after officials defused three massive, unexploded bombs.

For him, the experience — seeing pristine World War II aircraft, watching reenactors clad in military uniforms and carrying rifles, visiting a model of a 1940s French village — sparked a lot ...