In today’s episode, we’re uncovering the ten most shocking booby traps of World War II, from the German “Bouncing Betty” that ...

Consolidated's most famous aircraft in World War II were the B-24 Liberator and the PBY Catalina patrol plane. However, Consolidated often lacked the capacity to fulfill its massive contracts and was ...

Many people believe soldiers who fought in WWII shared one universal experience - but history tells a different story. We uncover the truth behind the biggest misconception about those who served and ...

In Old Norse mythology, Baldr, the son of the god Odin and the goddess Frigg, was slain with a mistletoe spear. Some ...

World War II was fought on land, sea, and air, but it was the small arms carried by millions of soldiers that shaped the day-to-day reality of combat. Rifles, submachine guns, and machine guns ...

When entertainer Bing Crosby stepped up to the microphone in New York’s NBC Studios on Christmas Day 1941, many of the tens ...

The United States of America cannot win its 21st Century conflicts when it has a 20th-Century electrical grid.

A former student and colleague posed an interesting question recently. “What is one change that has been significant from the time you were a child until now?” Being well over a decade older, I could ...

From honeyed cornbread pancakes to meaty hangar steaks, there's a lot on the menu in the Senate dining room. This item hasn't ...

India faced one of its most serious security lapses on December 24, 1999, when hijackers took control of Indian Airlines ...

A posting on Delancey Street that blocks left turns from midnight to 5 a.m. was meant to stop gay men from circling the ...

For more than 70 years, the greatest musicians in the world have been recording Christmas songs. Here are our picks for the ...