World War II ended 75 years ago, but not all countries commemorate it on the same day. Wednesday is the anniversary of the formal Sept. 2, 1945, surrender of Japan to the United States ...

The British government claimed that eating carrots helped its fighter pilots shoot down German planes at night. In truth, the ...

An curved arrow pointing right. Here are some bizarre and startling facts that you may not know about World War II. Produced by Eames Yates. Original reporting by We Are The Mighty. Follow BI ...

World War II saw the introduction of countless new and innovative forms of firepower. Discover the coolest facts about ...

Too many books about World War II present facts, but forget to include a human touch. Here, I could not only bring alive Billy Hobbs and his three companions waging war, but also their families ...

Visit after sunset. – Marisa Méndez, Senior Editor The World War II Memorial was dedicated in 2004 to the 16 million American military members who served during World War II, including the ...

During World War II German propaganda emphasized the prowess of the German army and contrasted it with the British and Allied armies who were depicted as cowards and butchers, or brave but misguided.

World War II witnessed tremendous growth in the size of American military aviation, from about 2,500 airplanes to nearly 300,000 by the war’s end. The Museum’s collection of 30 World War II-era ...

Detailed exhibits at the National Museum of World War II Aviation trace the development of aviation as well as the role it played before and during World War II, with a particular focus on ...

The last time the act was invoked was during World War II, when it was used to put thousands of noncitizens of Japanese, German and Italian descent in internment camps — for which the federal ...