World War II saw an unprecedented level of inter-Allied cooperation that led to the formation of new staff organizations like the US Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) and the US-British Combined Chiefs of Staff (CCS).

James R. Hendrix was born on August 20, 1925, in the small town of Lepanto, Arkansas.

The campaign in North Africa began with a daring Anglo-American commando raid code-named Operation RESERVIST.

The Allied victory against the Axis was a long journey—one that actually took much longer than the war itself.

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

The largest of the ghettos where Eastern European Jews were first confined and, later, deported to extermination camps by the Nazis was set up in Warsaw, Poland.

In World War II, Seydlitz was a skilled field commander, rising through division and corps command, distinguishing himself at Demyansk and Stalingrad.

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

If you are like most Americans, you have in your home the key technology that helped the Allies win WWII. Of course, it serves a very different function in your home than it did back then.

After World War II 1.2 million Eastern European displaced persons refused to return home, creating a large-scale refugee crisis.

The Marshall Plan was a massive commitment to European recovery after World War II that was largely supported by Americans.

Käthe Leichter (1895-1942) was a champion for working-class women in the Austrian labor movement.