Harry Carmichael took command in 1941 and soon Canada's makes of ice skate and soda fountains were making tank parts and gun ...

The 'spy’ (or, more correctly, reconnaissance) aircraft must survive enemy fighters and anti-aircraft weapons, often relying ...

Persecuted botanists, seed bank & siege of Leningrad How political ideology and violence can lay waste to scientific achievement, and the resilience and resolve of scientists committed to their ...

When Fred Fourtner passed away on June 13, 1965, he had lived in the Edmonds area for nearly 80 years. What follows is Part 2 of two stories about his […] ...

The Battle of Britain ended 85 years ago today—closing a months-long air war with clear parallels to the ongoing fight in the skies over Ukraine.

The Holy War' refers to the football matchup between Boston College and Notre Dame. Here is the story of Frank Leahy's role in forming the historic rivalry.

On Oct. 31, 1994, President Bill Clinton signed the California Desert Protection Act, establishing Death Valley and Joshua ...

Even so, millions of people died in the war, and millions have died through the years, leaving very few veterans left today.

A “protection force” was authorized by Congress in July to guard Mare Island and other Navy shore establishments. That ...

American tanks were decisive in turning the tide of World War 2. American armor marched across Africa and Europe, seizing ...

BATTLE lines have been drawn between the King and his disgraced younger brother as pressure grows on Andrew to move out of ...

As the Wehrmacht advanced in 1941, a different, more brutal war erupted in its rear. Soviet partisans, driven by ideology and ...