It was 1939. Germany, under the leadership of Nazi dictator Adolph Hitler, had already annexed Austria, the Sudetenland and ...

September 1 marks Nazi Germany's 1939 invasion of Poland igniting WWII, King Louis XIV's death, Japan's Great Kanto ...

As World War II began, Germany hatched one of its most devious and notorious plots to bring Britain to its knees. Instead of bombing the country with the power of explosives, Germany would bomb its ...

Victory over Japan Day, or V-J Day, marks the date in 1945 when representatives of Japan formally signed documents of surrender, brining World War II to an end.