EXCLUSIVE: Netflix is getting further into history with two new documentary projects. The streamer has greenlit a World War ...

World War II was an earth-shaking drama played out on the world stage, the most horrific war humanity has ever known. Actor Robert Hardy, famous for his dramatic portrayal of Winston Churchill, ...

This article appeared in History of War magazine issue 151. On 2 September 1945, Japanese forces officially surrendered to the Republic of China, ending the brutal occupation which began in 1937.

The U.S. Navy has added a new boat to its fleet that was once focused on unearthing the past, but will now support the Navy's ...

Discover What’s Streaming On: If you gave me one guess as to who would be executive producing a 20-part documentary series about World War 2, I’d confidently say Tom Hanks. And I’d be correct! On ...

As Imperial Japanese soldiers scour the streets, a group of civilians in the eastern Chinese city of Nanjing seek refuge in a small photography studio. Developing photographs taken throughout the city ...

William “Bill” Hanchett was a Berkeley-educated history scholar. He was a civilian historian for the U.S. Air Force and for more than 30 years taught U.S. history at San Diego State University, where ...

Archaeologists have discovered the wreck of the Hōfuku Maru — the final resting place of 1,000 British and Dutch POWs captured in Singapore during World War II.

Long before he was dueling Darth Vader in Star Wars, Sir Alec Guinness starred in this tour de force WWII film as Colonel Nicholson, a British POW who, with his unit, is tasked with building a railway ...

This documentary begins with the story of the prelude to World War II, and goes on to analyze such events as the Treaty of Versailles, the League of Nations, rise of the dictators, the spread of ...