Many Arkansans are familiar with Edward Payson Washbourne's 1856 painting called "The Arkansas Traveler." In succeeding years ...

China had been invaded by Japan in 1931—the first sign of war—and 1937. And the United States did not get active. And finally ...

On April 9, 1940, the Battle of Drøbak Sound marked the commencement of World War ii in Western Europe. A German fleet, led by the cruiser Blücher, sought to invade Norway by seizing Oslo. The Germans ...

On Dec. 9, 1941, two days after the bombing of Pearl Harbor, Vultee Vice President of Production D. I. Caroll boasted that the plane manufacturer's Nashville division had increased productivity by two ...

It's been 85 years since The Great Dictator first dazzled audiences in 1940. It was a big risk for one of the world's most ...

The United States has always used propaganda to achieve its goals. Some of these goals have been better for the country than ...

Tortured by the Gestapo, this brave Protestant pastor continued to help people in peril at great personal cost.

The debate over daylight saving time emerges once again as the official clock change approaches. However, beyond the usual ...

There is not a major Democratic political figure in his now 79-year-old lifespan who escapes discussion and analysis. Sanders ...

Photos have a way of immortalizing history in its rawest form, capturing the feelings, hardships, and victories in ways words ...

Immediately after World War II, Willys-Overland began producing civilian versions of what became officially the Jeep. In addition to the 1943 GPW, Stansfield owns a red 1946 CJ-2A, a rare example with ...