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All category topics on the military, political, social, and cultural aspects of the Second World War.
All category topics on the military, political, social, and cultural aspects of the Second World War.
Joseph Mengele was a German physician and SS officer who became notorious for his cruel medical experiments on prisoners in Nazi concentration camps during World War II. Born on March 16, 1911, in Gunzburg, Germany, Mengele studied medicine at the University of Munich and joined the Nazi Party in 1937.…
Louis Zamperini was an American Olympic distance runner and World War II veteran who survived being stranded at sea and enduring brutal treatment as a prisoner of war. He was born on January 26, 1917, in Olean, New York, to Italian immigrants. Zamperini was raised in California and became a…
The Potsdam Conference was a meeting held by the Allied Powers in Potsdam, Germany, from July 17 to August 2, 1945, to discuss the post-World War II political and economic order of Europe. The conference was attended by the leaders of the three major Allied Powers: Harry S. Truman (United…
The Axis Powers were a military alliance formed during World War II, consisting of Germany, Italy, and Japan. The three nations were united by a shared desire to expand their territory and exert their influence across the world. The Axis Powers were the primary adversaries of the Allied Powers, which…
VE Day, or Victory in Europe Day, marks the end of World War II in Europe. On May 8, 1945, after six years of fighting and millions of lives lost, Germany officially surrendered to the Allies. The day is celebrated as a national holiday in many countries, including the United…
WW2: An Overview WW2 was one of the deadliest conflicts in human history, involving over 100 million people from 30 different countries. It lasted from 1939 to 1945 and resulted in the deaths of an estimated 70 million people. The origins of World War II can be traced back to…
The Tuskegee Airmen were a group of African-American military pilots who fought during World War II. They were trained at the Tuskegee Army Air Field in Alabama, which was the only segregated Army Air Corps training facility during the war. The airmen played an important role in the war effort,…
Operation Barbarossa was the code name for Nazi Germany's invasion of the Soviet Union during World War II, which began on June 22, 1941. This massive military operation was the largest and most ambitious campaign ever undertaken by the German military, involving more than three million troops, thousands of tanks…
When did WW2 end? World War II was a global conflict that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the majority of the world's nations, including all of the great powers, organized into two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis. The war was characterized by some of the…
The Hiroshima bombing was a devastating event that occurred during World War II. On August 6, 1945, the United States dropped an atomic bomb on the Japanese city of Hiroshima. The explosion instantly killed an estimated 70,000 people and caused widespread destruction. This event marked the first use of atomic…
