On Oct. 20, 1944, U.S. general waded into the waters at Leyte as World War II moved toward its final chapters.

Ian W. Toll is the author of the new book “Twilight of the Gods: War in the Western Pacific, 1944-1945,” the final entry in his nonfiction trilogy about the Pacific War. On the cool, cloudy morning of ...

The task of reconstructing Europe after World War II was divvied up among the handful of victorious nations. But in the Pacific, the job of rebuilding Japan fell, effectively, to a single man: U.S.

Visitors take selfies at the historic Red Beach in Palo, Leyte, on Sunday, October 19, 2025, where General Douglas MacArthur ...

The city’s War Memorial Center quietly removed an exhibit honoring a three-generation military legacy—ignoring both local ...

Aug. 30 (UPI) --On this date in history: In 30 B.C., Cleopatra, queen of Egypt and lover of Julius Caesar and Mark Antony, killed herself following the defeat of her forces by Octavian, the future ...

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