Roosevelt and Churchill agreed that Italy promised the best approach to Nazi Europe. In July 1943, half-a-million Allied soldiers, sailors, and airmen were deployed in a massive amphibious assault ...

Italy joined Germany in June, bringing 105 submarines to the Mediterranean theater. They do not seem to have had much impact. A typical WWII U.S. submarine, the "thick skin" Hammerhead ...

This book offers a thorough reinterpretation of US engagement with the Mediterranean during World War II. Andrew Buchanan argues that the United States was far from being a reluctant participant in a ...

The top five WWII aircraft carriers—chosen for their strategic impact and bravery—include the iconic USS Enterprise (CV-6) ...

The North African Campaign of World War II, spanned from 1940 to 1943, was a pivotal theatre of war that tilted the balance ...

Parsing distinctions between architecture and “mere” building has been a preoccupation of thinkers and practitioners since ...

The Short Sunderland played a vital role during World War II, primarily in the Battle of ... Sunderland also contributed to ...

Film festival jury members snag luxurious rooms and suites within this historic Art Deco palace, the crown jewel of the French Riviera, which overlooks the glittering Mediterranean Sea.

From Gibraltar and Ibiza to Saint Tropez, Barcelona and beyond, this ‘all-inclusive’ cruise is luxurious from start to finish ...

Summary and Key Points: The Lockheed P-38 Lightning, the first aircraft produced by Skunk Works under Clarence "Kelly" ...

At the opposite end of the Mediterranean, similar beads from ... some 200 of them—were discovered in 1939, on the eve of World War II, by Robert Wetzel, a professor of anatomy at Tübingen ...

Widely regarded as Amsterdam’s most significant attraction, the Anne Frank House invites visitors to learn about the life of the Jewish diarist who hid from the Nazis during WWII through a ...