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

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Isoroku Yamamoto was the commander-in-chief of the Japanese Imperial Navy during the Second World War. He was a veteran of ...

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

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

Harrison Ford’s first role after playing Han Solo in Star Wars was in the forgotten World War II thriller, Force 10 From ...

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

Along with the Type 99, the Japanese Type 38 "Arisaka" was one of the main bolt-action battle rifles used by Japanese imperial forces during World War II.

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