World War II significantly altered global perspectives on class, race and politics, particularly in European colonies, leading to a crisis for colonial empires.

World War II certainly brought the strands of world history together, with its global reach and its acceleration of the end of colonialism across Africa, Asia, and the Middle East.

World War II was exactly as it was billed, fought all over the world. World War II movies, of which there are many, are set across the world as well. Across Europe, Africa, and Asia, if there was ...

To learn more about World War II in North Africa and Italy, visit the "Company of Heroes" Briefing Room. -- Blake Stilwell can be reached at blake.stilwell@military.com.

People across much of North Africa were subject to racist laws and suffering at the hands of European powers during the Second World War.

What was the Second World War about? According to Allied leaders, that wasn’t a hard question. “This is a fight between a free world and a slave world,” U.S. Vice President Henry Wallace ...

They fought in every theater of World War II, from North Africa to Europe and as far east as Hong Kong. They died and went missing in the tens of thousands.

Europe’s physical battles of World War II ended 75 years ago with German surrender on May 7, 1945.

More than a million African soldiers served in colonial armies in World War II. Many veterans experienced prejudice during the war and little gratitude or compensation for their services afterwards.

Meredith Hindley talked about her book, [Destination Casablanca: Exile, Espionage, and the Battle for North Africa in World War II], in which she recalls the events leading to Operation TORCH, the ...

Africa in World War II: the forgotten veterans Theresa Krinninger / sh05/07/2015 More than a million African soldiers fought for colonial powers in World War II. Few of them understood why.

World War II was the biggest conflict in world history, with major battles on three continents and some of the largest naval engagements in history. This amazingly detailed animated map, by ...