In the aftermath of the Allied invasion of Sicily, American troops executed dozens of unarmed Italian and German prisoners. The Biscari Massacre remains one of the most controversial war crimes ...

A luxury ocean liner burned and capsized in New York Harbor on Feb. 9, 1942. The SS Normandie, being converted into a troopship, caught fire during welding work and took 6,000 tons of water from ...

During World War II, an Allied tribunal convicted German submariners of murdering shipwrecked survivors. In doing so, it set two clear precedents that the Trump administration seems to have overlooked ...