General Douglas MacArthur vowed to return to the Philippines in 1942—and more than two years later, he delivered on his promise.

The International Olympic Committee's (IOC) plans for the 1940 Summer Games took many unexpected turns as the world drifted toward global war. 

The Combined Bomber Offensive (CBO) in the European Theater was one of America’s bloodiest campaigns.

As many as half a million civilians remained in Stalingrad when the Germans approached in the late summer of 1942. Those who survived the initial onslaught and did not manage to flee, had to eke out a living on a battleground ravaged by incessant bombardment and street fighting. An overwhelming majority of them were women and children.

Charles de Gaulle’s June 1940 addresses called on the French nation to continue the fight against Nazi Germany.