Most historians and scholars agree, the proximate start of the Second World War is Hitler's invasion of Poland on September 1st, 1939, because at that point, Hitler's invasion causes Great Britain and ...

They didn’t fire real weapons—but they won real battles. The “Ghost Army” was a top-secret U.S. unit during WWII that used ...

During World War II, the Allies used everything at their disposal to defeat the Axis powers, including a lot of trickery. One of the best examples? The Ghost Army units: groups of soldiers armed with ...

The U.S. House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform has voted in favor of legislation to rename the Palatine post ...

The Palatine post office could be renamed after Bernie Bluestein, a 102-year-old veteran of the “Ghost Army” in World War II. U.S. Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi has introduced legislation to rename the ...

Jeremiah P. Mahoney had been missing in action since 1945. His remains will be interred in Arlington National Cemetery in 2025. By Adeel Hassan Seven months after the pivotal D-Day invasion of the ...

There are five surviving Rangers from the more than 6,500 who served in WWII. “We didn’t do it for recognition. We did it out of duty to one another and to our country.” Those are the humble words of ...