World War II (Page 15)

World War II: the global war that defined modern America. We Are The Mighty covers every theater, campaign, and millions of the "Greatest Generation" who served in the war that saved the world.

Latest in World War II

This chaplain earned the Silver Star saving 12 sailors at Pearl Harbor

By Miguel Ortiz

This American admiral planned the attack on Pearl Harbor in 1932

Col. Edward Shames, the last surviving Band of Brothers officer, dies at 99

By Miguel Ortiz

That time a Marine in WWII was found clutching a sword around 13 dead Japanese soldiers

By Paul Szoldra

This Twin Cities Army Ammunition Plant made bullets for WWII

By Jessica Evans

How the Finns stopped the Soviets with this polka song

By Eric Milzarski

These Brits debunk the deadly M1 Garand ‘ping’ myth

How a World War II widow discovered her husband was a hero in France

By Blake Stilwell

This was the only underwater submarine vs. submarine kill in history

The Jeep: The necessity of innovation

By Jessica Evans

Old Ironsides and Operation Torch: The Army’s 1st Armored Division

By Jessica Evans

Gen. Ben Skardon, Bataan Death March survivor and famed Clemson grad, passes away at 104

By Miguel Ortiz

HISTORY Channel premieres documentary ‘Hidden Heroes: The Nisei Soldiers of WWII’

TV’s ‘Mr. Wizard’ was a B-24 Bomber pilot in World War II

This Canadian liberated a Dutch town on his own

America’s 9 most deadly wartime enemies, ranked

By Blake Stilwell

Today in military history: Halsey named commander of the South Pacific

3 heroes who became POWs twice

By James Elphick

A Soviet soldier took on 50 Germans with grenades and an ax

‘Winnie the Pooh’ was created by a vet explaining war to his boy

By Eric Milzarski

Why the Chinese communists couldn’t conquer Taiwan after World War II

The real reason the Japanese invasion of Singapore was a disaster

Why World War II soldiers mutinied in the days after V-J Day

This World War II-era Black tank commander was a real-life ‘Black Panther’

This British war medal is only awarded to animals

By Bethaney Phillips

The Soviet conspiracy that almost started World War III will blow your mind

By Orvelin Valle

Most stressful hand receipt ever: The ‘Little Boy’ nuke

How an act of mercy made fishing buddies out of airborne adversaries

Today in military history: Soviets invade Czechoslovakia

Why the Battle of Wizna is called the ‘Polish Thermopylae’

World War II saw the last major cavalry charge in military history

Today in military history: Patton wins race to Messina

This brave turret gunner faced 200 German aircraft

This gunner fell 22,000 feet without a parachute and lived

A German man was arrested and fined for his massive collection of World War II weapons

This British tank could perform ‘Dukes of Hazzard’-style moves

Watch a World War II tank fire in slow motion

What it looks like when one Army legend rates another

‘The Ghost’ is the most decorated infantry officer you’ve never heard of

By Blake Stilwell

German pilots revolted against their leadership in World War II

These bomber pilots pulled a ‘Top Gun’ and buzzed the 1943 World Series

By Miguel Ortiz

This dog disarmed a a World War II bomb by marking it

By Miguel Ortiz

Watch what happens when an anti-tank rifle destroys armor plates

This is how the Army convinced pilots to fly one of its most crash-prone planes

By Harold C. Hutchison

This was the invasion of France you didn’t hear about

By Harold C. Hutchison

This little-known disaster was the first to be called the ‘Second Pearl Harbor’

Meet the intelligence officer who urged Nimitz to kill Yamamoto

By Harold C. Hutchison

Operation Sea Lion: the Nazi plan to invade Great Britain

Why Germany was always the underdog in World War II

Watch award-winning actor Bryan Cranston narrate the D-Day landings

By Blake Stilwell

This Army wife’s wedding dress is made of the parachute that saved her husband

By Blake Stilwell

The crazy story of the only underwater sub battle in history

How the Allies used math to save bomber crews during WWII

By Alex Hollings

6 things you didn’t know about Operation Market Garden

By Blake Stilwell

This proposed nuke would’ve destroyed a continent

The British re-cut Nazi propaganda to make these soldiers dance

Watch how sand from Omaha Beach brightens veterans’ tombstones

By Shannon Corbeil

This convoy system staffed mostly by African Americans kept the invasion of Europe rolling

By Miguel Ortiz

America’s oldest living general turned 107 in 2021

4 times the US military won by tricking the enemy

By Paul Szoldra

This Soviet pilot stole the plane of a Nazi pilot who landed to try and kill him

By Blake Stilwell

FOX host asks Americans on D-Day: Are you living a life worthy of our fallen?

By Jessica Manfre

The daring sabotage raid that kept Nazis from getting The Bomb

By Blake Stilwell

This ‘pirate’ was the unsung hero of British carrier operations during the Cold War

By Harold C. Hutchison