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

How a forceful German counterattack in February 1944 could not push back the Allied Anzio landing.

At the Arcadia Conference, held in Washington, DC, from December 24, 1941 to January 14, 1942, the Western Allies agreed to a “Germany First” policy to govern global strategy, but the question where to engage Germany, and when, remained unsettled.

Much has been made in the historical record of the capture of the Ludendorff Bridge over the Rhine River at Remagen, Germany in early March of 1945. However, fewer accounts exist of Operation Flashpoint, Ninth US Army’s assault crossing of the Rhine, which began on March 24. General William H. Simpson, commander of Ninth Army, has received little attention in the historiography of World War II.

In WWII’s aftermath, July 4 also became Independence Day for the Philippines in 1946.