World War II stands as one of the most important events in human history. It shaped much of the current geopolitical landscape and altered the balance of power for the second half of the 20th ...

The War is the story of the Second World War through the personal accounts of a handful of men and women from four American towns. The war touched the lives of every family on every street in ...

The Second World War officially began on September 1st, 1939 with Germany's invasion of Poland. Six years later it officially ended. A lot happened in those six years. But a lot happened in those ...

A total of 4,414 Allied troops were killed on D-Day itself, including 2,501 Americans. More than 5,000 were wounded. In the ensuing Battle of Normandy, 73,000 Allied forces were killed and 153,000 ...

Over the past two decades, the National WWII Museum in New Orleans has grown from a single exhibit focused on the Allied landings on D-Day to an immersive, multi-building campus ...

Timeline of D-Day. The Allied Forces, which fought against Nazi Germany and the Axis Powers during World War II, began to practice for D-Day in April 1944.