Discover the pivotal events between 1918 and 1942 that shaped the first half of World War II. This timeline traces that path from the bitter conclusion of the First World War through the ...

In Normandy this week, major commemorations are drawing 25 heads of state and government, along with dozens of World War II veterans, to honor the nearly 160,000 troops from Britain, the United ...

The following timeline illustrates Italy's role leading up to and during World War II and its impact on Andra and Tatiana Bucci, two of the youngest survivors of the Holocaust. Italy's history as ...

Capable of filling holes in Koh Samui’s World War II timeline is Paul Chambers, an expert on civil-military relations and democratization in Southeast Asia at Thailand’s Naresuan University.

The Soviet sacrifice of World War II The Soviet Union lost a staggering 27 million people in what it calls the Great Patriotic War from 1941-45. That sacrifice left a deep scar in the national psyche.