The Second World War was the most significant conflict of the 20th century, and the United States played a crucial role in determining its outcome. From an initial stance of neutrality to becoming ...

The Battle of Stalingrad, fought between Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union from August 23, 1942, to February 2, 1943, stands as one of the most iconic and brutal battles in the history of warfare. ...

The Battle of Moscow was a major military engagement that took place between October 1941 and January 1942 during World War II. It was a crucial turning point in the war on the Eastern Front and ma ...

Operation Barbarossa was the code name for the German invasion of the Soviet Union during World War II. This operation was a turning point in the war and had significant consequences for both Germa ...

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 & ...

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 ...