After roughly 1.5 million German soldiers, more than 2,000 airplanes and more than 2,500 tanks crossed the Polish border on Sept. 1, 1939, the British gave Nazi dictator Adolf Hitler an ultimatum: ...

In the summer of 1939, Soviet and Japanese armies clashed on the Manchurian-Mongolian frontier in a little-known conflict with far-reaching consequences. No mere border clash, this undeclared war ...

An archive of thousands of images of the Soviet Union's 1939 invasion of Finland have been scanned and digitized, revealing the harrowing human details of the David vs. Goliath struggle. On November ...

RAF and allied personnel who had bailed out of a disabled aircraft successfully wearing a parachute made by the Irvin Air ...

Overy argues that "nothing in history is inevitable" -- not even the outbreak of World War II. This concise, clearheaded text seeks to prove the point by describing 11 days in 1939, from August 24, ...

Germany invades Poland, leading Great Britain and France to declare war against Germany. May 15, 1940 In the first large scale “bombing war,” Britain’s Royal Air Force (RAF) bombs the Ruhr area of ...

Chinese academics are calling for the “Western-centric” version of World War II to be rewritten by pushing back the start date nearly a decade and placing Chinese forces firmly on the front line ...

Fighting through Germany — VE Day - Victory Parade at Bremerhaven - Far East Draft cancelled (VJ Day) — Transfer to Tripoli, Libya — Promotion - Post-War Service, Royal Artillery and Hong Kong ...

The Polish government knew the war was coming. The Germans would do anything in their power to undo the Polish corridor, capture the free city of Danzig, and reunite the two sections of Germany ...

Troy, NY (WRGB) — The City of Troy is set to transform into a slice of 1939 Berlin as a historical film production takes over downtown from July 15 to July 23. The movie delves into the poignant story ...