From 1943 through 1946, more than 3,400 prisoners (including 15 Nazi generals) were processed at Fort Hunt, according to Robert K. Sutton's 2022 book, "Nazis on the Potomac: The Top-Secret Intelligence Operation that Helped Win World War II.

However, some of his biggest fans rushed to his defense calling it a Roman salute and trying to downplay the connection to World War II Germany. Donald Trump’s border czar, Tom Homan, says ICE enforcement begins today: “Not roundups — targeted ...

British guitarist John Sykes, best known for his work with rock bands Thin Lizzy and Whitesnake, has died aged 65 “after a hard fought battle with cancer.”

More than 30 hostages are set to be released during the cease-fire in Gaza. But many Israelis have mixed feelings about the deal because they feel it came at a high price. By Patrick Kingsley ...

A new book spotlights Frances Perkins' efforts to challenge the United States' restrictive immigration policies as President Franklin D. Roosevelt's secretary of labor

More than a billion people across the world depend on wetlands for their livelihoods – that’s about one in eight people on Earth. The theme for World Wetlands Day is “Wetlands and human ...

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The visit by Tommie Smith, Amar'e Stoudemire and Cheryl Miller is part of the tradition when the Memphis Grizzlies play on Martin Luther King Jr. Day

When Charity Adams Earley was sent across seas in 1944, she was faced with a monumental task: Get millions of pieces of mail to the soldiers meant to receive them. Under her leadership, a battalion of Black women nicknamed the Six Triple Eight (for the 6888th) sorted and sent the mail

That's what people loved about The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare, and that's certainly what makes the historical drama SAS: Rogue Heroes such a delightfully entertaining watch, as a band of "mad bastards" single-handedly change the tide of the entire war in Africa and create what would become one of the most prestigious army divisions of all time.

Award-winning British actor Joan Plowright, who with her late husband Laurence Olivier did much to revitalize the UK’s theatrical scene in the decades after World War II, has died. She was 95. In a statement Friday,