World War II was marked by its epic battles, which decided the fate of nations and changed the course of history. From Germany's Blitzkrieg attacks on Poland that launched the European campaign to the ...

Smiling pilots crouching atop their planes. Squadrons of bombers soaring above the clouds. Crews taking a break during a training day. These images, recently restored for a book curated by London’s ...

CC0 Usage Conditions ApplyClick for more information. On February 4, 1945, Churchill, Roosevelt and Stalin met in Livadia Palace, in the Crimean resort of Yalta, with a single item on the agenda: to ...

CC0 Usage Conditions ApplyClick for more information. The sheer improbability of the Dunkirk evacuation is laid bare by the expectations of the British Admiralty: secretly, they feared they would only ...

In May 1940, a German offensive traps the British on the French coast, but a heroic civilian effort evacuates the troops and inspires an entire nation. U-boat "wolf packs" ravage Allied convoys early ...

The audio version of this article is generated by text-to-speech, a technology based on artificial intelligence. June 23, 1943, U.S. Army reinforcements land on a beach on Attu Island, part of the ...

While much of World War II is remembered as taking place on land or in the sky, the battles in the water were just as important. Protecting shipping lanes, troops, and supplies was all necessary over ...

This post may contain links from our sponsors and affiliates, and Flywheel Publishing may receive compensation for actions taken through them. One way we can honor living World War II veterans by ...

TOKYO (AP) — Okinawa marked the 80th anniversary of the end of one of the harshest battles of World War II fought on the southern island. *No charge for 4 weeks then price increases to the regular ...

Never before seen archive footage of WW2 which has been colourised for the first time. The footage tells the story of the greatest conflict the world has ever known in full colour.