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Summary List Placement On August 28, 1945, two US destroyers intercepted a massive Japanese submarine several miles off the coast of Honshu, Japan's biggest island. The submarine, which was larger than either US ship and nearly as wide, surrendered without incident. A day later, the US submarine USS Segundo found a similar Japanese submarine nearby. After a brief escape attempt, the Japanese crew, knowing...

In August 1942, Allied forces launched a raid on a Nazi-occupied port in France to see if such an invasion was possible on a larger scale. The raid on Dieppe was a failure, costing the Allies hundreds of troops and scores of tanks and aircraft, but the foiled operation would provide important lessons for another, bigger invasion two years later. Visit Business Insider's homepage...

During an eventful press briefing on Monday, President Donald Trump incorrectly claimed that in 1917, the Spanish Flu "probably ended the second World War." World War II began more than two decades after the pandemic in 1939. The president likely misspoke and meant to reference World War I, the final months of which overlapped with the deadly spread of the flu pandemic, which also...

Trump and Putin issued a joint statement calling for renewed US and Russian cooperation despite ongoing tensions between both governments. "The 'Spirit of the Elbe' is an example of how our countries can put aside differences, build trust, and cooperate in pursuit of a greater cause," read the statement, which referenced cooperation between America and Russia throughout World War II. Such statements commemorating the...

Battling the coronavirus pandemic will be like a "war," according to leaders ranging from US President Donald Trump to French President Emmanuel Macron to billionaire Microsoft cofounder Bill Gates. As the spread of the virus plunges the global economy into recession, governments worldwide are pledging trillions to mitigate the fallout — and the US is no exception. But they'll need something more like a...

The battle for Tarawa, regarded as one of the fiercest in Marine Corps history, ended 76 years ago, on November 23, 1943. More than 1,000 Marines and sailors were killed, and several hundred of them remain missing or unidentified. Efforts to locate and identify servicemen killed there, led by the nonprofit History Flight, have found hundreds of remains, but some in the island nation...

Kristallnacht, also called the "Night of Broken Glass," was the start of a violent campaign launched on German Jewish people by Nazis on November 9, 1938.  The violence included torching synagogues, vandalizing homes, schools, and graveyards, and destroying thousands of businesses.  It continued into November 10, 1938, and culminated with the arrest of 30,0000 Jewish men. The night marked a turning point in violence...

President Donald Trump on Wednesday continued to defend his decision to withdraw US troops from northeast Syria, abandoning Kurdish forces in the region, by saying the Kurds did not help the US during World War II.  "They didn't help us in the Second World War, they didn't help us with Normandy," Trump said of the Kurds, who played a vital role in the US-led...