In the first half of 1945, the Japanese press began spreading some astonishing messages: their bombings had set North American forests ablaze, causing ten thousand deaths and plunging the U.S.

It may be hard to fathom in today's high-tech world, but many nations used gas-filled balloons during both World Wars as active and passive defenses to keep enemy aircraft away from a target. We're ...

The Gazette offers audio versions of articles using Instaread. Some words may be mispronounced. Iowa was bombed by Japan. How is it possible? Iowa is an inland state, 1,500 miles from the coast. How ...