World War II, the deadliest and most destructive conflict in human history, reshaped the world as we know it. In this video, ...

From the Manchester to the B-32, these Allied heavy bombers showcase air power's rapid evolution of purpose, design, and ...

Close to 15 million Americans served in the military during World War II. But the Medal of Honor, the nation’s highest award for combat bravery, was awarded just 473 times. The first was awarded ...

Eighty-five years on from the start of the Second World War, and parallels with our own time – from Russia's unprovoked invasion of Ukraine to the formation of great power blocs – suggest ...

Learn all about the major events of World War II from 1918 to 1942. ... Discover the pivotal events between 1918 and 1942 that shaped the first half of World War II.

As far back as 2010, Putin insisted that Russia could have won World War II without Ukraine, ignoring outright the seven million Ukrainians who fought in the Red Army, Ukraine’s eight million ...

Day, the first day of the Normandy landings that laid the foundations for the Allied defeat of Nazi Germany in World War II.

A number of historians have argued that World War II was a phase of one long war lasting from 1914 to 1945 or even until the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991—a global civil war, first between ...

In more than five years of World War II and the brutal German occupation, Poland lost 6 million citizens, or a sixth of its population, of which 3 million were Jewish.