American strategic options for ending the war against Japan in 1945 offered a choice of horrible possibilities.

In 1945, The Office of Strategic Services (OSS) Station Chief Allen Dulles in Switzerland negotiated the early surrender of German forces in Italy and Austria days before the final surrender of Germany, saving many lives.

A look at how World War I's ending laid the groundwork for World War II to begin.

From the beginning, this was to be a different kind of war—a war not only of conquest but also of annihilation. 

The first international war crimes tribunal in history revealed the true extent of German atrocities and held some of the most prominent Nazis accountable for their crimes.