On December 16, 1944, eighteen American soldiers stood alone against 500 German paratroopers during the opening hours of the ...

Operation Market Garden was the Allied operation to end the Second World War by Christmas 1944. The brainchild of Bernard ...

Christmas includes the anniversary of the Battle of the Bulge, the largest land battle fought by the United States. The battle was hell on earth. On Dec. 16, 1944, Nazi Germany launched an enormous ...

Eighty-one years ago this month, on Dec. 16, 1944, German forces launched their last major offensive on the Western Front. The Battle of the Bulge would become the largest and bloodiest single battle ...

Today, we commemorate the 81st anniversary of the legendary Battle of the Bulge—the largest and deadliest battle fought by American forces in the Second World War, which culminated in a blistering, ...

“One Battle After Another” will soon become available to watch at home. The Paul Thomas Anderson movie starring Leonardo DiCaprio will debut on HBO Max on Dec. 19. Starring DiCaprio, Sean Penn, Teyana ...

It documents the efforts of a youth organisation to bring history to life and engage young people in a groundbreaking way – namely by learning history through real-life simulations and first-hand ...

In early September 2025, President Donald Trump signed an executive order directing the DoD and its leaders may use the names “Department of War” and “Secretary of War” in certain contexts. The ...

Paul Thomas Anderson is one of Hollywood's great time travelers. He took us to turn-of-the-century oil country in There Will Be Blood, the 1950s London fashion world in Phantom Thread, and the '70s ...

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Ed O'Keefe is CBS News' senior White House and political correspondent reporting for all CBS News platforms. He's part of the team covering President Trump and covered all four years of Joe Biden's ...

Section 1. Purpose. On August 7, 1789, 236 years ago, President George Washington signed into law a bill establishing the United States Department of War to oversee the operation and maintenance of ...