The battle was the last major German offensive on the Western Front during World War II. It is the largest battle the United States Army has fought to date. In its entirety, the Battle of the Bulge was the worst — in terms of losses — for the American Forces during World War II,...
but they show the range of wartime experiences recorded. Several themes become prominent in these color photos. The first is the human face of the American experience. We see the thousands of young men and women who left their civilian lives to either support the war effort stateside or to f...
World War 2 Tank Destroyer Boot Camp (Re 1:00:01 WW2 Amphibious LVT Water Buffalo Test, F 05:23 T29_and_T29E3_American_heavy_tanks_towed_with_M88 27:32 T 28 Super Heavy Tank - YouTube 02:29 WW2 Infantry Weapons and Their Effects - 28:31 Surrender of Japanese troops - You...
Eight decades afterWorld War II, an American bomb left over from the conflict exploded at a regional airport in Japan. Though the blast left a large hole in a taxiway and led to the cancellation of dozens of flights, no one was injured during the incident. ...
Battle of Berlin, April 16 to May 2, 1945 Soviet forces, with support from American and British aircraft, launch anoffensiveagainst the German capital of Berlin in one of World War II's final major battles. As the Red Army encircles the city, capturing Gestapo headquarters,Hilter commits suic...
Watch Japanese dive-bombers attack the U.S. naval base at Pearl Harbor to spark the Pacific War On December 7, 1941, Japanese airplanes strike the U.S. naval base at Pearl Harbor,... Video: Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc. Find out how Japan failed to invade Port Moresby despite winning...
African American Servicemen Fight Two Wars World War II Casualties and Legacy Photo Galleries World War II, the largest and deadliest conflict in human history, involved more than 50 nations and was fought on land, sea and air in nearly every part of the world. Also known as the Second Worl...
Operation Fortitude was a military deception operation during World War II that was intended to make Nazi Germany’s high command believe that the main Allied invasion of Europe in 1944 would not be at Normandy. It was one of the many complex and overlap
US new car production was stopped during World War Two, to allow those factories to produce airplanes, tanks, and other military vehicles for the war effort. With the prosperity of peacetime, many Americans visited auto dealerships for the first time in years, to replace that tired family car...
Japanese airplanes bombed American fleet at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii 2,400 people killed, destroyed battleships & aircrafts, Roosevelt asked Congress to declare war on Japan, angered US Home Front War Bonds ~Rationing ~Began producing military goods instead of consumer goods ~Woman joined the labor forc...