The Marines succeed in the "island hopping" strategy against suicidal resistance. The US Navy establishes supremacy, cutting off Japan.

After a careful campaign of disinformation that throws the German defenders off-guard, the Western Allies finally land on Normandy.France is liberated.

But due to expiring access restrictions, they're now available to anyone with an internet connection Sarah Kuta During World War II, the crew of the Zaida were among the everyday Americans who ...

The cache from Vilnius Cathedral, in Lithuania, has not been seen since the outbreak of World War II in 1939, according to a press release from Go Vilnius tourism promotion agency on Wednesday.

The explosive was uncovered in the Sülz district of the west German city. "World War II bomb found in Sülz," the official account of the city of Cologne posted on X. "During construction work ...

A dramatization of the life story of J. Robert Oppenheimer, the physicist who had a large hand in the development of the atomic bombs that brought an end to World War II.

At the Wisconsin Maritime Museum in Manitowoc, you can descend a steep staircase into the USS Cobia, a US Navy submarine that sank 13 ships and earned four battle stars in World War II.

and Ann Arbor stepped up to help in various ways as World War II persisted. Many community members enlisted to serve overseas, while back home wartime efforts ranged from war bond drives to scrap ...

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Codebreaking during World War Two. video Codebreaking during World War Two This short film explains how cracking Nazi Germany's coded messages helped win World War Two. VE Day. video VE Day ...