In 1944, shortly before the end of the Second World War, the U.S. Army Air Forces, the forerunner to the U.S. Air Force, issued a requirement for a medium bomber powered by jet engines.

“We shall decide some time in 1943 or 1944,” he said, “whether to plant the seeds of World War III. That war will be cer tain if we allow Prussia to rearm either materially or psychologically.

Opinion: Lessons from World War II to avoid World War III. ... the members of anti-Soviet movements and the genocide of Crimean Tatars through deportation from their native land in 1944, ...

World War III would come a lot closer if world Communism grew in power to the point where it felt able to attack the U.S. Since World War II ended, Communism’s power had grown faster than any ...

On July 17, 1944, during World War II, more than 4,600 tons of ammunition detonated on a cargo ship at a munitions pier in Port Chicago, California. The blast killed 320 people, most of whom were ...

World War II began when Nazi Germany invaded Poland on Sept. 1, ... the members of anti-Soviet movements and the genocide of Crimean Tatars through deportation from their native land in 1944, ...