World War II was fought on land, sea, and air, but it was the small arms carried by millions of soldiers that shaped the ...

World War II ended generations ago, yet many of its weapons are still firing in today’s conflicts. Heavy machine guns, ...

During World War Two, the Spitfire Mk1 relied on precise convergence testing to ensure its guns hit exactly where the pilot ...

Could battleships return? We explain how missiles, cost, and naval strategy killed the concept and why it isn't likely ...

A special exhibition highlighting the laboratory's activities during the period has opened at a museum in Kawasaki which ...

Murfreesboro WWII veteran John Carroll celebrates his 101st birthday, sharing his secrets to longevity and stories from his ...

In 1945, before the guns of World War II had even gone silent, Winston Churchill ordered a shocking study: could the Allies ...

Dr. Masao Tomonaga was two years old when he survived the 1945 atomic bomb attack on Nagasaki. Today, he and other survivors ...

Not yet recognizing the extent of the defeat all along the front, Hitler and his generals saw their reverses merely as a ...