The Winter War had begun, and the ... in World War 2. Posted: June 19, 2025 | Last updated: June 19, 2025. In the biting cold of the winter of 1939, the Soviet forces, huddled in their ill-fitting ...

In the bitter winter of 1941, British military prisoners in Nazi-occupied Germany huddled around a Monopoly set, dazzled by the contents that awaited them. They didn’t pluck Community Chest cards.

The B-17 Flying Fortress was born from a 1934 request by the U.S. Army Air Corps for a four-engine bomber. Boeing responded with a prototype that took to the skies in 1935.

The war was coming to an end in Europe, and the Ta-154 wasn't as capable as its designers hoped. The aircraft utilized two Junkers Jumo 213E engines capable of delivering a combined 3,500 hp.

The population of living World War II veterans in the U.S. is projected to fall by more than half in the next two years, and below 10,000 by the end of the decade. (Here is a look at the rifles ...