With Germany upset about how WWI ended and Japan upset about a lack-of-access to much-needed natural resources, another war sent the world into chaos between 1939-1945. Stories in this collection are about some of those events.
Worried that people would begin to doubt that Nazi atrocities had ever occurred, General Eisenhower ordered film makers and photographers to document ...
This is the King's Speech which George VI broadcast to his people in Britain, and throughout the Empire, immediately after Britain's Declaration of Wa...
Geraldine Doyle was born in Inkster, Michigan on the 31st of July, 1924.
Hitler decided that he wanted some of Russia's natural resources, particularly oil, so he sent his troops to conquer Soviet territory. Looking at a ma...
This clip, summarizing events from the week of the 15th of May, 1940, includes historical footage of the Battle for Holland. With overpowering force,...
As Germany begins is April 1940 invasion of Norway, a German heavy cruiser arrives in Trondheim.
In Normandy, Germany built pillboxes - small, concrete forts - to protect German soldiers against Allied invaders.
During their invasion of Norway, Hitler's troops arrive at Trondheim - in central Norway - on the 9th of April, 1940.
As Hitler's forces invade Norway, during April of 1940, they make their way to Lillehammer.
Learn the story behind one of the most-famous photos of the U-boat War: The attack of U-569.
On May 22, 1939, Italy and Germany sign an alliance which is known as the "Pact of Steel."
The Gestapo derives its name from Geheime Staatspolizei - the secret state police of Nazi Germany.
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