WWII
Japanese naval aircraft prepare to take off from an aircraft carrier (reportedly Shokaku) for the Pearl Harbor
In a dogfight, expect anything. All bets are off. Nobody drove that lesson home more pointedly
This is the story of the siege of Leningrad, the deadliest blockade of a city in
This collection of pictures features images from August 17–30, 1945. August 27, 1945, the Allied Fleet
Allied Prisoners of War Wave at U.S. Navy planes that have just dropped food to them,
Mile of August 1944 witnessed an uprising in Paris. By the 25th, the city was
In September 1945, hundreds of thousands of people jammed the French-looking boulevards and streets of downtown
In the afternoon of August 14, 1945, in Japan—the evening of August 14 in the United
Albert Einstein, 1879-1955. Credit: Library of Congress. Since 1934, Leo Szilard had been pondering the
Albert Einstein to President Franklin D. Roosevelt, 08/02/1939.Credit: National Archives. Neutron Production and Absorption in
