CORTINA D'AMPEZZO, Italy (AP) — 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 ...

Eighty-one years ago, Pearl Harbor was attacked by Japanese forces, leaving over 3,400 casualties and pushing the U.S. to join the Allies in World War II. Japan launched the surprise attack with ...

During World War II, British women were factory workers, codebreakers, spies and air raid wardens. How did such roles contribute to the Allies’ victory?

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 ...

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 ...