This extended video offers a sweeping look at the Second World War across all major theatres. From the Blitzkrieg in Europe ...

When Nazi Germany successfully conquered all of northern Europe and then France in the late spring of 1940, many people in the US as elsewhere were taken by ominous surprise. Germany had failed in the ...

What was the Second World War about? According to Allied leaders, that wasn’t a hard question. “This is a fight between a free world and a slave world,” U.S. Vice President Henry Wallace explained. It ...

"World War II in HD" in available on the History Channel. (Wikimedia Commons) May is military appreciation month — a time to reflect with gratitude on the men and women who have served this country.

When you think about more recent military history, it’s unsurprising that World War II is the centerpiece of most ...

"World War II in HD" in available on the History Channel. (Wikimedia Commons) May is military appreciation month — a time to reflect with gratitude on the men and women who have served this country.

WHY ANOTHER single-volume history of the second world war? Richard Overy has himself written more than 20 books covering different aspects of the conflict and the global crisis of the first half of ...

A parachute release knife of the type used by soldiers in the Second World War has found a new home at the Canadian War Museum, after being found among other donations to the Ottawa Tool Library.

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Sughnen Yongo is a Midwest writer covering Black women, pop culture. On this list, I have compiled 20 books that everyone should ...

The 2019 war film Midway, based on the true story of the pivotal WWII Battle of Midway, has fans gripped and airs on Film 4 ...

The grandchild of Second World War codebreaker Ruth Bourne has said she was “intelligent, creative, and witty” as they paid ...