Our first in-house map was produced during World War I. By the Second World War, the White House was asking for them by name.

This episode examines the Battle of Midway, the decisive 1942 clash that turned the tide of the Pacific War. We trace how U.S. codebreakers uncovered Japan’s plan to ambush the American fleet, setting ...

The remote island of Peleliu is the most well-preserved WWII battlefield anywhere. The remote island of Peleliu is considered the most well-preserved battlefield in the world. It is illegal to remove ...

The last of the ships that some credit with winning World War II for the Allies has plowed through the waters of the Midwest, where people got a chance to visit it.

Events and armies were moving so fast last week that newspaper mapmakers could not keep up with them. According to the Brussels radio, many American tanks had outrun the maps they had and new ones had ...

The “bone digger” slides into a thin crevice on a hill in the Okinawan jungle. He’s a slight man, nimbly fitting his frame through the cave entrance, carefully avoiding the sharp limestone roof while ...