The attack on Pearl Harbor launched the United States into World War II and left an indelible scar on the American psyche matched only by the attacks of Sept. 11. A recorded 2,403 service members and ...

Three days after Japan bombs Pearl Harbor, signaling the U.S. entry into war versus the Axis powers, The Bates Student headlines its Dec. 10, 1941, editorial simply: “War.” The editors support the ...

In December 1941, Germany’s ally, Japan, launched a surprise attack on the US naval base at Pearl Harbor on the island of Oahu, Hawaii. This action brought the USA into World War Two on the same ...

The World War II extermination of Europe's Jews by Nazi Germany began after the invasion of Poland in 1939 and increased in scale with the creation of death camps.