During Operation Avalanche to invade mainland Italy, Allied troops were jubilant after hearing Italy's new leader, Marshal ...

At first, disarmament was imposed on Germany. American and Russian forces seized weapons depots, sealed off factories, and ...

December 8 marks the day when former US President Franklin D Roosevelt made the declaration of war against Japan before Congress. It’s also on this day that former Chief of Defence Staff General Bipin ...

Army historian Peter Knight joins WIRED to answer the internet’s burning questions about World War II. What is the timeline ...

A third message arrived, ordering Mare Island to immediately initiate a war plan that had been prepared in advance and locked ...

This video continues the story of Italy’s collapse in the final years of World War II. It examines the Allied advance up the Italian peninsula, the fierce battles at Monte Cassino and the Gothic Line, ...

Discover the significant world events, notable birthdays, and notable deaths that occurred on December 04. Check what happened today in history here.

There is no USA to come to Europe’s rescue this time The Munich Agreement, signed in September 1938, permitted Hitler to annex Sudetenland in exchange for a pledge of peace. Sudetenland was a border ...

The Dec. 10, 1941, issue of the Naples Record gave front-page attention to the outbreak of war. And there were news stories ...

The Xi–Trump call signals China’s effort to reframe US–China relations from the post-Nixon framework to a post-World War II ...

China fought a border war with India in 1962 and has continued with skirmishes on the border right up to Galwan in May 2020.

As a defeated nation that returned stolen territories including Taiwan to China as part of the postwar order, explicitly ...