At the start of World War II no one in the Nazi government believed that they would lose the war

Henry A. Wallace was born on 7th October, 1888 in Adair County, Iowa. After finishing his studies at Iowa State

World War 2 saw more technological leaps in the field of military aircraft than any other conflict. Between 1939 and

On September 18, 1931 an explosion destroyed some railroad tracks near Mukden, a Chinese city. The railroad was owned and

The Battle of Bastogne was a battle between American and German forces at the town of Bastogne in Belgium from

The SBD Dauntless Dive Bomber, also known as the Douglas SBD Dauntless, performed the roles of both scout plane and

Lt. Gilbert Steingart served as dentist aboard the USS Ocelot in the Pacific Theater.  He promised to write daily letters

There were more than 6 million Jews murdered during the Holocaust before and during World War 2. More than have

Oh man, I can't believe I've never found the time to see Das Boot until now.  I mean, what was I thinking?! 

Lyudmila Pavlichenko was a sniper for the Soviet army during World War 2. She is credited with 309 kills during

Operation Battleaxe was a British operation during WWII against the German and Italian forces in Cyrenaica, Libya. The objective of

Wow.  Talk about a movie that was ahead of its time in its message.  Well, mostly anyway.  Halls of Montezuma follows the

Douglas MacArthur was born in Little Rock, Arkansas on January 26, 1880. He went to West Point Military Academy where

The following veterans were under 16 years old when they saw combat in WW2, from the commencement of the war

Before the start of World War II, Albert Einstein sent a letter to the U.S. president of the day, Franklin

The Battle of Coral Sea occurred on May 4-8, 1942 in the Pacific Theater of World War 2. The naval

This compilation of World War 2 quotes has been a long time in coming to the website. Due to the