Nazi Germany overran France and forced the British army to evacuate at Dunkirk. Severely lacking in military equipment, Britain and her empire now stood alone against Adolf Hitler's forces.

Josef František joined the Czechoslovak Air Force. By 1940, he was flying for the RAF and topping the ace charts during the Battle of Britain. His fearlessness in combat and resistance to military ...

A Japanese pilot slammed his Zero fighter plane into the USS Missouri and ignited a fireball on April 11, 1945, during the ...

New Mexico was poised to adopt the tortilla its state bread, but the bill that got unanimous support in the Legislature fell ...