Navy Times on MSN1d
The P-51 Mustang and the man who won the World War II air war with it
It was thanks to former WWI pilot Tommy Hitchcock that the P-51 entered U.S service — and changed the skies over Europe ...
India Today on MSN18h
How Treaty of Versailles ended World War 1 but set the stage for World War 2
The Treaty of Versailles, which was signed on June 28, 1919, was intended to bring peace following World War I — but instead produced a greater war, World War 2. The treaty was put aside temporarily ...
Photographing the Final Days of World War II in Germany
Archival images from the last weeks of World War II, taken by an American Army combat photographer during a push across eastern France into southern Germany ...
World War II: Women spies who tricked Nazis
II, and were the only ones allowed to take on a combatant role by the British Army. However, many of them have been forgotten These women were active throughout Nazi-occupied Europe, but most women ...
Sleepless night in churches and barns on World War II Long March
The Long March began at Stalag Luft III, in what is now Zagan, Poland. Stalag Luft III was a prisoner-of-war camp built by the Luftwaffe in March 1942 to detain captured airmen who were part of the ...
Chip Chick on MSN3d
During World War II, The British Built Decoy Sites To Mislead German Bombers
Three Allied aerial bombing decoy sites from World War II were recently investigated, uncovering significant variations in ...
The Forward on MSN1d
Why Nazis spent World War II in a luxury West Virginia resort
Nazis staying at Greenbrier during WWII were treated like aristocratic guests. They even threw a birthday party for Hitler there.
The Herald2d
Forgotten heroes: How African soldiers fought in World War II
When World War II started, Africa was (save for certain exceptions) a tapestry of colonies. A third of the continent’s ...
Mothership.sg2d
White House says France would be 'speaking German' without US help in World War II
the White House on Mar. 18 rejected it — and added that France would be “speaking German” without U.S. help in World War II. “My advice to that unnamed, low level French politician would ...
Stop the rearmament of Germany! Socialism, not war!
The Christian Democrats (CDU/CSU) and Social Democrats (SPD) have launched a massive rearmament programme, aiming to ...