Manhattan Project can help explore today's moral dilemmas
7 days ago
The novelist Herman Wouk, whose best-known works were inspired by his service in World War II, once noted that "the beginning of the end of war lies in remembrance."
Chinese rehabilitate fathers in forgotten war
39 days ago
Yang Jingtao did what many young, brave Chinese did - he left his home as a teenager to fight the invading Japanese in World War II.
Texas man's mission: Honoring WWII Monuments Men
40 days ago
Standing on the city's famous medieval covered bridge - the Ponte Vecchio - he began to contemplate how so many famous sites and works of art in Europe survived the destruction of World War II.
AP PHOTOS: Europe remembers end of World War II
42 days ago
Graying former fighters from Russia and other Soviet republics stood proudly beneath the Soviet war memorial at Treptower Park in Berlin, honoring millions of comrades-in-arms killed in World War II.
City renames itself Stalingrad to mark battle
139 days ago
The southern Russian city where the Red Army decisively turned back Nazi forces in a key World War II battle will once again be known as Stalingrad, at least on the days commemorating the victory.
Commentary: A sobering lesson from WWII
142 days ago
Clicking through the TV channels one Sunday during the holidays, I stumbled by pure luck onto a magnificent History Channel documentary titled "World War II From Space."
