A collection of teaching resources to mark the anniversary of D-Day, the biggest air and seaborne invasion in history, which took place on June 6 1944.

In 1940, Germany invaded Norway and Denmark. Nazi Propaganda Minister Joseph Goebbels blamed Britain for the invasion, ...

Less fearful of the uncertainties ahead under Stalin than the guaranteed persecution under Hitler, many Polish Jews chose to head east.

LONDON — Even if the end of World War II in Europe spawned one of the most joyous days the continent ever lived, Thursday's 80th anniversary of V-E Day is haunted as much by the specter of current-day ...

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Tony Graziano knew all about toughness. During World War II, he served with Company E of the 507 th Parachute Infantry Regiment, part of the famed 82 nd Airborne Division. His unit helped clear the ...

Olga was born March 13,1922 in Santa Cruz to Charles and Carmela Bella who had both immigrated from Italy and operated the Ocean View Hotel in Davenport for over 40 years. Olga and her two sisters ...

The origin story of the National World War II Museum in New Orleans’s Warehouse District seems to have as many twists and turns as the events it tries to untangle and exhibit. Now an affiliate of the ...

The German invasion of Western Europe has been going for over a week now, and the Neutral and Allied countries are in disarray. The Netherlands, despite putting up fierce resistance on some occasions, ...

A detailed look at what happened in Poland during WW2. Featuring interviews with German, Polish and Jewish survivors, it incorporates real footage and reenactments to detail a story that is virtually ...

After the country's occupation in 1939, the people of Poland were brutally oppressed by the SS and Geheime Staatspolizei. Yet, they never gave up the fight. Throughout the Second World War, a Polish ...

After nearly 700 days of war, the death toll in Gaza has risen to extraordinary levels. Amid heavy bombardment that has turned the territory into a wasteland of rubble and stringent blockades that ...