War rarely turns on one person alone, yet certain names continue to surface when the history of World War II is revisited. Alan Turing is one of them. Born in London in 1912, he was trained as a ...

World War II was decided by more than strategy and manpower. The weapons each side brought to the battlefield often ...

Revolutionary futuristic warplanes were developed in the Second World War. To prevent the enemy from learning the secrets of ...

On December 16, 1944, eighteen American soldiers stood alone against 500 German paratroopers during the opening hours of the Battle of the Bulge in World War II. Led by 20-year-old Lieutenant Lyle Bou ...

Two brothers living in East Africa were faced with a difficult decision in 2009: continue a life of forced servitude or move to a new country for a fresh start.

The explosive on-air clash may have been the final trigger, but deeper commercial pressures and a failing national expansion had already put the radio juggernaut on borrowed time.

At Arlington Hall, women on the Venona Project exploited a Soviet cipher flaw to expose Cold War spies, a secret that ...

Southern Minnesota's Lois Widmark, 104, played a key role in helping the Allies gain victory in World War II.

For those of us who weren't paying attention, over the last few years, scientists around the world have been one-upping each other in a bid to create the smallest QR code that can be reliably read.

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Drivers are breaking the Highway Code every day - but have no idea they are doing anything 'wrong'. There are certain guidelines included in the Code which go against what actually happens on the road ...

In early February of 1943, Gene Grabeel walks toward a corner of a large, crowded room inside Arlington Hall near Washington, D.C. Around her, clutches of people huddle over tables and quietly rifle ...