This video, an overview of the Allied efforts in the North Atlantic and North Africa, was compiled from original video footage to accompany The Price of Freedom: Americans at War online exhibit and is ...

For Jack Appel, 101, the Allies' victory in Europe − made official on May 8, 1945 − wasn't just vital because otherwise, as he said, "we'd all be speaking German now." "World War II was a major, major ...

This year marks the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II. On September 2, 1945, aboard the USS Missouri in Tokyo Bay, the Empire of Japan formally surrendered, ...

The forces of major belligerents produced many iconic warbirds during the Second World War. The rotary, radial, and V-powered Focke Wulf 190, P-51 Mustang, Supermarine Spitfire, P-47 Thunderbolt, ...