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

The National WWII Museum supports the 2011 Cox 4 High School Quiz Bowl competition in New Orleans.

James Scott’s Book Rampage Depicts One of the Bloodiest Chapters in the History of World War II
 

For Allied leaders, 1942 was a year of incredible danger and anxiety in the Battle of the Atlantic.

There’s an old saying that necessity is the mother of invention. That sentiment was definitely the case during World War II, a massive global conflict that presented the United States with a variety of tactical and logistical challenges. At every turn Americans seemed to need more of everything—more supplies, bigger bombs, faster airplanes, better medical treatments, and more precise communications.