Click to open image viewer. NASM-9A20231: US Army Air Forces aviation cadet William P. McCampbell poses in front of a Beech AT-10 Wichita; Freeman Field, Seymour, Indiana; May 1944. CC0 Usage ...

Between 1939 and 1945, over 30 countries participated in World War II, mobilizing around 100 million military personnel. The conflict involved extensive use of tanks, artillery, aircraft, and ships ...

"World War II in HD" in available on the History Channel. (Wikimedia Commons) May is military appreciation month — a time to reflect with gratitude on the men and women who have served this country.

"World War II in HD" in available on the History Channel. (Wikimedia Commons) May is military appreciation month — a time to reflect with gratitude on the men and women who have served this country.

One of Idris Elba’s grandfathers fought in World War II, but he doesn't know what he endured. No pictures or stories survive. “That part of my family’s history has been erased somewhat,” says Elba.

In 1943 Vincent Speranza, the son of Italian immigrants, enlisted when he turned 18. "I decided to be a paratrooper when I found out that that would probably be the fastest way to get into the battle, ...

A gimlet-eyed and honest accounting of the war’s hidden costs that still affect us today. Richard Parker Let’s you and I start honestly here: World War II is part of an ever-more-distant national past ...

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