Tim Bouverie explores this dilemma in “Allies at War,” a deeply researched and gracefully written account of the fractious yet effective alliance that vanquished the Axis powers. Grab a Copy ...

The Second World War is known for its brutality, with both the Allies and the Axis powers fighting tooth and nail for supremacy. In spite of this, however, there were some incidents in which ...

September 1 marked the eightieth anniversary of the outbreak of World War II, which cost the lives of an estimated fifty to sixty million people and was the most terrible war in world history.

Date: October 23, 1942 – November 11, 1942 The Second Battle of El Alamein was one of the most decisive confrontations of World War II. Allied Forces led by Montgomery and Axis Forces led by ...

A "work of old-fashioned diplomatic history", "Allies at War" focuses on the fraught and often shifting alliances between the countries that opposed the Axis powers: chiefly Britain, America, the ...

One way we can honor living World War II veterans by reflecting on the major battles they fought in. ... Axis casualties: 2,987; Allied powers present: 7 fleet carriers, 8 light carriers, ...

World War II took place from 1939 to 1945 between the Axis powers — Germany, Italy and Japan — and the Allies — mainly France, Great Britain, the Soviet Union and the United States.

In the opening hours of World War II, in the early morning skies over Poland, both the Axis and the Allied side had aerial victories and aerial “firsts”, some involving unlikely and obscure ...

From the Zero to the Messerschmitt Bf-109, Axis powers in World War II fielded some terribly fearsome aircraft. Here are 10 of their most iconic fighter jets.

In the European Theater of World War II, the P-51 Mustang was the top aircraft when it came to shooting down or otherwise nullifying Axis airpower. In the Pacific, planes like the P-38 Lightning ...

President Biden looked on approvingly and fist pumped as the head of the striking United Auto Workers union on Tuesday compared top automotive executives to the Axis powers in World War Two.

During World War II, an exasperated Winston Churchill observed that “there is only one thing worse than fighting with allies, and that is fighting without them.” Tim Bouverie explores this ...