Was Franklin Roosevelt planning to intervene on Great Britain’s behalf before Pearl Harbor? Winston Churchill, for one, thought so.   More »

Scout Squadron 6 departed from the aircraft carrier Enterprise that arrived over Pearl Harbor simultaneously with the Japanese.   More »

Years after the date that continues to live in infamy, John Sanford Baird remembers the ordeal.   More »

With more than 14,000 pieces in its collection, the Met’s Armor Museum in Manhattan’s Upper East Side is a must-see for all admirers of military armor.   More »

In Mid-August 1944, Paris was in tumult. The French 2nd Armored Division rolled into the City of Light on August 25 and ended four years of harsh Nazi occupation. A great parade was set for the following day to celebrate France’s deliverance. Foremost among its participants was to be General   More »

Intrigue still surrounds the execution of Mussolini and his mistress Claretta Petacci by communist partisans in 1945.   More »

The U.S. Navy gunboat Panay was sunk by Japanese aircraft on the great Chinese river, pushing the two countries closer to war.   More »

Congresswoman Jeannette Rankin cast the only vote against declaring war on Japan the day after the Pearl Harbor Attack.   More »

A bold plan to attack the United States came too late in the war for Japan to carry it out.   More »

In August 1944, the Allies followed up the massive Normandy Invasion with another in southern France known as Operation Dragoon.   More »