One of the greatest art treasures of Imperial Russia disappeared with the Nazis and has yet to be found.   More »

Engine maker Hall-Scott found new life with the wartime need for its products.   More »

The 1940 exodus from Paris as the German Army approached choked the roads from the city with refugee traffic.   More »

Monsignor Josef Tiso led Slovakia into an alliance with Hitler and the Nazis.   More »

At the end of 1940, heavy German air raids led to the Great London Fire Blitz that nearly destroyed the city.   More »

Not even the timely intervention of the British Expeditionary Force could prevent France and Belgium from falling to the 1940 German Blitzkrieg.   More »

To neutralize the major Japanese base at Rabaul, American troops would need to take Bougainville in the Soloman Islands.   More »

A little-known battle at an important roadblock in Germany was the perfect assignment for the 5th Ranger Battalion.   More »

An unconventional wooden British warplane should not have been a success against Axis powers but it was.   More »

America’s unsung aerial hero.   More »