The good news for 1942 was that mobilization exceeded all expectations. Cooperation and patriotism swept the country. In the Detroit suburbs, Ford and Hudson turned from cars and trucks to bombers.

This account of my travels and experiences during four of the six and a half years I served in the British Army was written very much from memory, 45 or so years after the events, but with the ...

A striking and philosophical look at the everyday citizens who helped shape the course of WWII, The War is masterfully narrated by author Burns and an assortment of Hollywood talent, including Tom ...

Wall St. Insights Japan occupied all or part of over 20 countries during World War II. The U.S. and its allies liberated many ...

One massive 16-cylinder HEMI engine was made by Chrysler and was poised to improve fighter planes during World War II. Only a ...

In their July 25 presentation “Stories from the Home Front, 1941-1945,” Elmhurst’s GreenMan Theatre Troupe will invite history lovers to journey back to the years of World War II with their Readers’ ...

Raus was one of the Wehrmacht's most accomplished generals, and his memoirs are a welcome addition to the literature on World War II. Raus entered Russia in June 1941 as a brigade commander in Germany ...

Family and service members gathered to finally lay to rest 1st Lt. Woody T. Owen, an Army Air Corps Veteran whose remains ...

Learn about Cloyed R. Boomershine, WWII Alton Air Force ball turret gunner in the 8th Air Force, who served valiantly aboard B-17 bombers from 1941-1945.

Jun 29, 2009 - The veteran game developers Gary Grigsby, Joel Billings and Keith Brors are working hard to bring gamers WWII on the Eastern Front.

Since 1937 Japan had been, for expansionist reasons, attacking China, and continued to do so in spite of many objections from America, Britain, and other countries. Having occupied all Chinese ...

Jun 29, 2009 - The veteran game developers Gary Grigsby, Joel Billings and Keith Brors are working hard to bring gamers WWII on the Eastern Front.