Behind the dreamy scenery of the HBO show’s latest location lurks an explosive story of Thailand’s involvement in the conflict and a sunken Japanese tanker Ronan O'Connell - Freelance writer As ...

The United States began developing the atom bomb in military effort called the Manhattan Project. The race to create this weapon kicked off after three chemists in Berlin, 1938, split a uranium atom ...

This chapter lays out how the War of Resistance began, why its timeline is still debated, and why it became one of the most catastrophic conflicts of the 20th century. From Shanghai and Nanjing to ...

World War II Timeline -- pt. I. Americans Abroad -- 1. Fairness, Savagery, Delight, Trauma, and Vice -- 2. Combat Remembered -- 3. Why We Fight -- pt. II. Americans at Home -- 4. Gearing Up for War -- ...

August: The Russians and the Germans sign a non-aggression pact. Adolf Hitler and Joseph Stalin agree not to invade each other's borders. The two leaders secretly plan to divide Poland and other parts ...