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.
By June of 1944, Germany had already occupied France for a number of years.
This historical footage depicts Allied bombing raids during the Normandy invasion - and their impact on towns like Caen (and other places along the Se...
Voted "The Greatest Briton," by his country, Winston Churchill died on January 24, 1965. After lying in state, at Westminster, he had a state funeral ...
WARNING: THIS CLIP EXPLAINS HOW HITLER AND HIS REGIME FIRST DEVELOPED, THEN IMPLEMENTED, THE DEPORTATION AND GASSING OF JEWISH PEOPLE.
On August 19, 1942, the Allies attempted to successfully attack the German-occupied French port of Dieppe.
Allies came ashore on August 19, 1942 to German occupiers at the ready, casualties were high.
Christopher Nolan (Inception, Dark Knight,) has a new film, Dunkirk. Its background begins during the middle of May, 1940, as Allied forces - includin...
When the BBC created its series "The World at War"—narrated by Sir Laurence Olivier—producers did not use all of the available historica...
Colonel Benjamin O. Davis, Jr.
During World War II, African-Americans faced racial inequality and discrimination at home and in the military.
See the massive Allied bombing attack on Dresden, during February and March of 1945. Bomb runs began on February 13th, reducing the city to utter deva...
Prince Albert, known to his friends and family as "Bertie," has a new title - the Duke of York - when Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon finally agrees to marry him...
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