The Battle of the Atlantic was critical for the Allied cause. The UK, being an island nation, was heavily dependent on provisions from the United

The London Blitz occurred from September 1940 through May 1941 when massive amounts of German bombers attacked the London area. The Blitz started in earnest

English Field Marshal Bernard Montgomery has said: “One of the great laws of war is never invade Russia.” Nevertheless, on June 22, 1941, Hitler unleashed

After the winter hiatus, Hitler’s generals wanted to focus their attack on Moscow again; however, Hitler decided that his forces would launch a full-scale offensive

Stalingrad was an urban stretch along the west bank of the Volga River. It was a strategic location because it was a gateway to the

To alleviate the stresses on his forces in the east, Stalin had been pressing the Americans and the British to open a second front against

On June 6, 1944, “D-Day”, the Allied forces made their long-awaited invasion of Europe, under the command of Dwight D. Eisenhower, Allied commander in Europe.

The Allies had greatly weakened the Luftwaffe and dominated the skies over Europe in the later part of 1944 and 1945. Hitler decided to make

The Nazis did not wait until the war to start their program of persecution of hated groups; nor did they limit that persecution to the

In late 1945 and 1946 (and through 1949), post-war justice was in the news due to the Nuremberg Trials, a series of two sets of