The War is the story of the Second World War through the personal accounts ... there are no ordinary lives. Follow this timeline to chart the key events and figures. Nearly 50 million men would ...

20 November 1945: The Nuremberg Trials open, to prosecute key Nazi leaders for war crimes, crimes against humanity, and crimes against peace. 16 October 1946: Ten of the twelve high-ranking Nazis that ...

On the 80th anniversary of the beginning of World War II, we look at the story of this tragic conflict. Barely 21 years after the end of World War I, a bloodier war broke out and ended with the use of ...

Which countries were involved? The Second World War involved almost every part of the world. But the key players were the Axis powers on one side (Germany, Italy, and Japan) and on the other side the ...

Fortunately, unlike the lifeboat fleet of 1914, the majority of lifeboats available to RNLI crews during the Second World War had been modernised to give them the strength and power to cope with the ...

What a violent year Helldivers 2 has had. The unexpected hit shooter released way back in February, but the galactic war at the center of its narrative doesn't feel like it's been raging for ten ...

A profile of the life of Adolf Hitler with a unique slant, as a child and his rise through the ranks of the National Socialist German Workers Party prior to World War II. StarsPeter Stormare Friedrich ...

A timeline of the most destructive global conflict ... documentWW2: Did the war introduce designer fashion to our high streets? The Second World War is an unlikely time for a fashion moment ...

‘What is the most common misconception about my field? That the history of war is the same as military history.’ National security during the Second World War was threatened by the ‘enemy within’ – ...

The Second World War started after Germany attacked Poland in 1939, and refused to withdraw its troops from the country after a final warning from Britain. The British Prime Minister, Neville ...