In 1942, the Japanese surged through the Dutch East Indies, conquering territory at an incredible pace. By February, Japanese ...

The voice was like a voice of doom. It was the voice of Dr. Hubertus Johannes van Mook, Lieutenant Governor General of The Netherlands East Indies: It is not that dozens of battleships, scores of ...

By943, Leningrad had been cut off for nearly 17 months, with starvation and relentless German pressure threatening the city.

TIME Correspondent Robert Sherrod last week cabled from Melbourne this account of how the Dutchmen of Java died fighting: When the history of War II is written, that page belonging to the indomitable ...

Feb. 28 (UPI) --On this date in history: In 1784, the Methodist Church was chartered by John Wesley. In 1844, an explosion rocked the "war steamer" USS Princeton after it test-fired one of its guns.

Feb. 28 (UPI) --On this date in history: In 1784, the Methodist Church was chartered by John Wesley. In 1844, an explosion rocked the "war steamer" USS Princeton after it test-fired one of its guns.