Our Mothers, Our Fathers tells the story of five young friends during the Second World War — and it's available to watch on ...

Gathered in a cluster in a Kent cemetery are dozens of small weathered headstones bearing the words “killed in enemy action”.

This is a brief report on how the United States of America got involved in the Second World War. In 1941, a skirmish in the North Atlantic between a German submarine and one U.S. Navy destroyer ...

The Second World War started after Germany attacked Poland ... Swansea city centre was destroyed over three nights of bombing in February 1941. The German airforce dropped 30,000 bombs, killing ...

THE SECOND WORLD WAR sparked decades of scholarship ... Hirohito’s War: The Pacific War, 1941-1945. By Francis Pike. Bloomsbury; 1,208 pages; $40.95 and £29.99 This is a definitive history ...

In 1941, as it entered the second world war, the US Army barely bested Bulgaria’s for size and combat readiness. Nor did US ...

In 1941, the Germans were sure of a quick victory ... What is the nature of this "ethical upheaval," in your words? The Second World War forced every individual to confront moral dilemmas on ...

A man who wore many hats (or ivy caps), perhaps his most honourable role was his unyielding devotion to his country during the Second World ... horrors of war. Did you know that in 1941, golf ...

The real sea change in Second World War commemoration came in the 1980s ... the largest battleship of its kind, in May 1941 was felt nationwide. The aft magazine exploded and the ship sank within ...

When Japan attacked the United States on Dec. 7, 1941, Canada rose to meet the ... against the Nazis and fascists during the Second World War. Canada and the U.S. learned to co-ordinate their ...