Scientists with expertise in mud and peat were a key part of planning the Normandy landings in 1944.
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In the first wave to hit the beach, troops were met by withering German gunfire. But they kept pushing and established a small beachhead from which the invasion could continue.
The fight up the cliffs of Pointe du Hoc and the battle across Omaha Beach were spearheaded by a relatively new type of unit: Army Rangers.
Russian President Vladimir Putin has said D-Day ‘was not a game changer’ in World War II – and Soviet media delivered that message starting the day after the invasion.
A pre-World War II US Navy plan for a modular floating platform has developed into a key lifeline in Gaza and at disaster sites around the world.
Artifacts held in the National Museum of American History provide personal details about the Normandy invasion.
A selection of our coverage of the conflict from the past fortnight.
PNG naturally has its own understanding of history, as well as today’s security environment. But we shouldn’t underestimate the importance of the second world war to the PNG-Australia relationship.
Some of these men went from being indentured pearl divers to soldiers in Borneo. Other fled their home country as teenagers to earn money.
One hundred years after the Italian opposition leader’s murder, documents long locked away at the London School of Economics could shed new light on Mussolini’s involvement in his death
Compared to its 1980 predecessor, the new FX series presents a more authentic portrayal of early modern Japan.
From conscientious objectors to hippies and seniors, intentional communities offer refuge and purpose for people seeking a different way of life.
For all its praise, the film furthers the dominant narrative of the bombs as a morally fraught but necessary project, with American anxieties playing a starring role.
No other 20th-century American novel did quite so much to burnish Brooklyn’s reputation. But Smith rarely saw her hometown through rose-colored glasses − and even grew to resent it.
Recent events in Keyham, Plymouth, are a reminder that every year unexploded second world war-era ordinance is still found in British cities.
In addition to destroyed buildings, there’s an entire underground world – filled with untold numbers of artifacts, bones and ruins – that are exposed and damaged by the digging of trenches.
Why is there such a Russian focus on the Second World War? Because it’s used to justify authoritarian states, the rule of dictators like Putin and Belarus’s Alexander Lukashenko.
Will the Wagner Group under new leadership uphold the ruthless modus operandi that propelled it to the spotlight in Africa?
After the ravages of war, Christian Dior’s groundbreaking 1947 collection of supremely feminine designs signalled a sense of leaving the dark days behind.
The Gaza war has complicated issues in Ukraine, with Putin looking to exploit events in the Middle East to garner support among the Global South.
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