In 1941 during World War II, British fighter pilots were losing dogfights because their engines cut out mid-dive. German Messerschmitts had fuel injection systems that gave them a deadly advantage ...

A top historian offers a compelling history of perhaps the most remarkable holiday season in 20th-century history--December 1941--a Christmas season that played out in the shadows of the Pearl Harbor ...

Cortina-d’Ampezzo, Italy, has changed a lot since 1941, when Italy’s Benito Mussolini held his own world "Games." ...

In 1941, the world changed forever. On what seemed like another ordinary December night, the calm of a Hawaiian morning turned to chaos when Japanese bombers roared over Pearl Harbor, dragging the U.S ...

A look at the effects of World War II on California and its lasting impact. Every American was impacted by the Dec. 7, 1941 attack on Pearl Harbor. The entrance of the U.S. in World War II had major ...

CORTINA D’AMPEZZO, Italy — A giant portrait of Benito Mussolini hovered over the “Snow Stadium” — on the exact same grounds where the curling arena for the Milan Cortina Winter Olympics now stands.

Top 10: Best seaplanes of World War 2 ...

History is seldom tidy. Eras overlap and unfinished business from one period lingers into the next. World War II was a war like no other in the magnitude of its effects on the lives of people and the ...