In a crushingly swift campaign, Germany humiliated France in just six weeks during World War 2, exposing the utter inadequacy ...

The Allies landed more than 2 million troops in northern France from June 6, 1944, to Aug. 21, 1944, according to Navy.mil.

The first naval battle of World War II did not occur in the European Theater, but in the South Atlantic Ocean, near the ...

The Germans, recognizing that the American gunners could unhinge their position, laid down concentrated small arms, machine ...

Here’s What You Need to Know: The eventual course of World War II put an especially bad light on the decision of the French military and political hierarchy to cease resistance against Germany ...

Here’s What You Need to Know: France had an opportunity to throw a serious wrench in Hitler’s plans. France surrendered to the Nazis in 1940 for complex reasons. The proximate cause, of course ...

Germany tried twice in the 20th century to conquer Europe and very nearly achieved that goal in World War II. In fact, not since Napoleon did any one country control so much of the continent. Here ...