Sheboygan County residents went all out during the war effort for scrap materials to be recycled during wartime.

Paul Thomas Chamberlin’s book, Scorched Earth, recasts the conflict as a brutal struggle for survival among declining and ascendant imperial powers.

Almost 90 US B-29 bombers dropped about 6,000 tons of napalm on Kumagaya, Japan, on the night of August 14-15, 1945. Eighty years later, the scars of that American firebombing remain.

Eight decades after the 1709 violin known as the "Small Mendelssohn" disappeared, experts think they've located it in Japan ...

The crude assortment of fighting tools used by the Japanese during World War II give clues of an unprepared and unmatched ...

Switzerland’s neutrality during World War II is well known, but what is less talked about is how Swiss banks played a ...

The Bank of England’s historic London office is preparing for its biggest make-over since World War II. The BOE is seeking an architecture design firm to help it plan the refurbishment of its main ...

The stories of Mongolia’s WWII heroes are deeply ingrained in the nation’s cultural fabric. But in an age of great power ...

World War II was a time of unimaginable hardship, courage, and transformation. Seemingly overnight, ordinary folks were thrust into extraordinary roles on both the front lines and the home front ...

The British troops were trapped inside Singapore city. The Japanese had left them without water or supplies, and after 70 days of intense persecution across the Malayan Peninsula, the defenders ...

The World Bank has announced Mr. Hideki Matsunaga as the Country Manager for Somalia. He will oversee the design and implementation of the Somalia portfolio totaling $2.63 billion.

The IAEA and The World Bank announced a partnership today to support the safe, secure and responsible use of nuclear energy in developing countries. This partnership agreement, signed by IAEA Director ...