Remarkably, the crew of the USS Barb did sink a Japanese train during World War II—though not with torpedoes. In 1945, under ...

Stacker turned back the clock to investigate the history behind daylight saving time—and why some people argue it shouldn't ...

In 13 days, India countered Pakistan’s crackdown in East Pakistan, executing coordinated land, air and sea campaigns that forced a Dec 16 surrender and birthed Bangladesh, reshaping South Asia.

Its takes on classic plays are distinctly modern (think Love Labour’s Lost set in 1990s Ibiza and Romeo and Juliet with cast ...

In June 1946 with millions dead and much of Europe still in ruin, top secret meetings were being held in Washington and London to prepare for the unthinkable... the Third World War.

The following day he was shot by the Germans for spying for the British secret service. No amount of torture during his long ...

A sealed 1930s subway platform beneath Shimbashi Station still holds traces of what the capital looked like before the war.

For more than 50 years, airports around the world have been designated by three-letter codes, that usually—but not always—refer to their cities like ATL, DEN, and LAX.

Ordinary Belgians helped liberate their country from the Germans in both world wars. Now their extraordinary courage has been revealed in a new account ...

Food connects us with history like no other. Some of our favorite dishes come from tough times in history. They remind us of ...

By Jeffrey Dumas The Second World War, the war to end all wars, ended in 1945, 80 years ago, yet a strange fascination about the Nazis persists, including on eastern Long Island. Christopher C. Verga, ...

Discover the remarkable story of Phyllis \"Pippa\" Latour Doyle, the last surviving female agent of Winston Churchill’s ...