The Battle Of The Atlantic, as Winston Churchill was the first to call it, was fought between the German submarine fleet and the Allied navies for control of the Atlantic Ocean sea-lanes lead
The Initial phase of the battle for the skies over the Pacific was notable for the emergence of a colorful and controversial figure-Colonel Claire Chennault.
On January 30, 1933, President Paul von Hindenburg appointed Adolf Hitler of Germany.
Here is the story of those fearless and selfless bands of men who fought behind the lines to free their countries from the Japanese invaders in southeast Asia and from their own Fascist and Nazi rulers in Europe.
World War II was fought in so many areas over so long a period of time that a chronology is essential if one is really to understand what was happening, where and when.
World War II began in Asia on July 7, 1937, when Japanese troops attacked Chinese soldiers at the Marco Polo Bridge, near Peking in north China.
On June 10, 1940, Primier Benito Mussolini, director of Fascist Italy, declared war on France and Great Britain.