The HMS Cameron (I 05), was an ex- United States Destroyer (Ex USS Welles DD 257). It was laid down

World War 2 broke into open conflict due to the military aggression of Germany and Japan, when Germany invaded Poland

The USS North Carolina (BB-55) was the first of the North Carolina class of battleships in the United States Navy.

During World War II even people who had money couldn't just walk into a store and buy as much stuff

The United States Army activated five full Airborne Divisions during WWII. The first to go into action and the one

The Battle of Cape St. George occurred on November 25th, 1943 between the United States and Japan. The battle took

The Axis Powers were the countries that fought against the Allies in World War II. The alliance had its start

The Battle of El Alamein (second battle), was one of the most decisive victories in WWII. It was fought between

The V2 rocket was a short-range rocket or ballistic missile developed by the Nazi regime during World War 2 in

Although popular opinion holds that the United States economy significantly benefitted from World War 2, there were a number of

In the first mechanized war, the German Army found itself relying heavily on the horse. Horse-drawn Artillery, supply wagons, and

The US Army’s 70th Infantry Division was one of the high numbered divisions activated in June of 1943, at Camp

The U.S. M4 Sherman Tank, formally known as the Medium Tank M4 was the main tank used by the U.S.

The Battle of Britain is also known in German as the Luftschlacht um Großbritannien or Luftschlacht um England took place

The following are several Russian war posters.

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

World War 2 saw a large number of battles fought across much of the globe. Major battles occurred between the

World War 2 was the bloodiest conflict in human history. There were more than 60 million World War 2 casualties

Chester Nimitz was born on February 24, 1885 in Fredericksburg, Texas. Nimitz's grandfather was a merchant seaman which was a

Call me a sucker for some good old-fashioned old-time military aviation, but 1941's Dive Bomber is a superb and often overlooked gem

The Monuments Men (in case you were living in a cave for the last several months) is a fictionalized re-telling of

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

The P-26 Peashooter was the first monoplane fighter ever adopted by the US military. First flown in 1932, it was

There have been a ton of World War II documentaries made over the last, what, 62 years?  Some range from