In the First World War, fighter aircraft typically had only two light machine guns. By the Second World War, the firepower ...

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 ...

World War II narratives, up for grabs. In September, China held a military parade to commemorate the 80th anniversary of 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.

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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 ...

"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.

World War II was the deadliest conflict in human history, and is a topic that is popular in the media. The primary reasons for this are, of course, the scale of it, and the fact that there was a ...

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 ...