On Feb. 2, 1943, the last remnants of Germany’s 6th Army surrendered in the frozen ruins of Stalingrad. The fighting had lasted more than 200 days and cost an estimated 2 million casualties. It marked ...

The 4th Marine Division and the Army's 7th Infantry Division landed on several islands within the atoll. Four days later, ...

In December 1944 during World War II, the German army launched a surprise offensive meant to change the course of the war. This story follows American artillery officers, soldiers, and scientists ...

Two gravesites, less than 10 miles apart in a crowded, noisy, Asian metropolis of 14 million, stand testament to the horror, ...

Letters published Jan. 26 to Feb. 1, 2026, salute people who have to work outside in the cold, and Iowa's U.S. senators.

In June 1944, the United States Navy did something it had not attempted since the War of 1812. American sailors boarded and captured a German submarine alive in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean. The ...

The most significant global event linked to February 2 is the 1848 signing of the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, which ended ...

Ian had died in an avalanche while skiing in the Colorado backcountry when Madelyn was just a baby. The tragedy had plunged Lamphere into single parenthood, changing diapers, making meals, doing the ...

Prince Harry lends his voice to Steve Boyes’ new National Geographic book about the Okavango Delta, a place he calls his ...

Because San Diego’s discovery by Western civilization was financed by Spain, America’s seventh largest city is currently ...

"During World War II, the British dressed a dead body in a Royal Marines uniform and planted letters saying the Allies were going to invade Greece, and that Sicily was just a decoy. It was called ...

A top-secret WW2 blueprint for the famous D-Day landings is expected to fetch £100,000 at auction in Derbyshire after coming to light after 83 years.