Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The United States entered World War II as a result of the Dec. 7, 1941, Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor and other American ...

Nazi Germany came dangerously close to dominating Europe, especially in 1940 and 1941. But near supremacy on the continent ...

Some American commentators began to wonder what America would do to prepare for war. Others, remembering the horrors of the "war to end all wars" they had fought in Europe a little over two decades ...

In May 1940, German armor carved through France and pinned British and French forces against the sea, seemingly setting the stage for a knockout blow that could end the war in the West. We follow the ...

In any event, fortune, or rather misfortune, saved the world. In May 1940, German panzers smashed through the Low Countries and into France. Six weeks later, France surrendered. Operation Pike was not ...

Here’s What You Need to Remember: Acknowledging these factors isn’t to diminish the heroism of the RAF pilots who defended the United Kingdom. Fighter Command’s successful defense spared the UK more ...