World War II, also recognized as the Second World War and abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a worldwide conflict between 1939 and 1945. The major participants committed their entire industrial, econo ...

The First World War, sometimes known as WWI or WW1, was a global conflict that began in Europe and continued from 28 July 1914 to 11 November 1918. The Great War, often known as the World War and & ...

Bananas, rice, applesauce, and toast (BRAT) are bananas, rice, applesauce, and toast. Pediatricians used to promote the BRAT diet to youngsters who had stomach problems. The theory is that by eatin ...

The Japanese Emperor Hirohito proclaimed his surrender on August 15 and signed it on September 2, 1945, ending World War II. However, isolated militaries and peoples from Japan's far-flung forc ...

Victory over Japan Day also recognized as Victory in the Pacific Day, V-J Day, or V-P Day commemorates the surrender of Imperial Japan in World War II, effectively ending the conflict. The term has ...

The US launched two nuclear weapons over Hiroshima and Nagasaki on August 6 and 9, 1945. Between 129,000 and 226,000 persons died in the two attacks, most of them civilians. In the last year of WWI ...

Victory in Europe Day marks the formal recognition by the Allies of World War II of Germany's unconditional surrender of its military forces on May 8, 1945, marking the end of World War II in E ...

The Battle of Berlin is considered one of the final significant offensives of World War II's European theatre. The Red Army had momentarily halted on a line 60 kilometres (37 miles) east of Ber ...

The Normandy landings were the landing actions and related airborne operations of the Allied invasion of Normandy in World War II's Operation Overlord on Tuesday, June 6, 1944. It was the most ...

The Ardennes Counteroffensive, usually known as the Battle of the Bulge, was a major German offensive assault on the Western Front during World War II that lasted from December 16, 1944, to January ...