The History of the Second World War is the official history of the British contribution to the Second World War and was published by Her Majesty's Stationery...

World War II or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945) was a global conflict between two major alliances: the Allies and the Axis powers...

At the beginning of World War II, the Royal Navy was the strongest navy in the world, with the largest number of warships built and with naval bases across...

The history of Canada during World War II begins with the German invasion of Poland on 1 September 1939. While the Canadian Armed Forces were eventually...

The causes of World War II have been given considerable attention by historians. The immediate precipitating event was the invasion of Poland by Nazi Germany...

officially adopted a neutral position during World War II until the five hour-long Japanese invasion of Thailand on 8 December 1941, which led to an armistice...

The diplomatic history of World War II includes the major foreign policies and interactions inside the opposing coalitions, the Allies of World War II...

from the military history centre of the German armed forces 30 years to finish. Germany and the Second World War is the English translation of the series...

The Second World War is a 2012 narrative history of World War II by the British historian Antony Beevor. The book starts with the Japanese invasion of...

The military history of the United Kingdom in World War II covers the Second World War against the Axis powers, starting on 3 September, 1939 with the...

The Second World War is a history of the period from the end of the First World War to July 1945, written by Winston Churchill. Churchill labelled the...

of timelines of events over the period of World War II. Timeline of events preceding World War II Timeline of World War II (1939) Timeline of World War...

percent of all combat during the Second World War took place on the Eastern Front". The Axis forces, led by Nazi Germany, began their advance into the Soviet...

World War on 1 September 1939, the British Army was small in comparison with those of its enemies, as it had been at the beginning of the First World...

ideology had limited appeal in the Netherlands, as did its calls to violence. At the outbreak of the Second World War, the NSB was already declining in...

the world participated in World War II. Most were neutral at the beginning, but only a relative few nations remained neutral to the end. The Second World...

The United Kingdom was a leading Allied Power during the First World War of 1914–1918. They fought against the Central Powers, mainly Germany. The armed...

When the United Kingdom declared war on Nazi Germany in September 1939 at the start of World War II, it controlled to varying degrees numerous crown colonies...

The World at War is a 26-episode British documentary television series that chronicles the events of the Second World War. Produced in 1973 at a cost...

During the Second World War the British Army deployed armoured divisions and independent armoured and tank brigades. During the interwar period, the British...

The Second Sino-Japanese War was the war fought between the Republic of China and the Empire of Japan from 1937 to 1945 as part of World War II. It is...

The aftermath of World War II saw the rise of two global superpowers, the Soviet Union (USSR) and the United States (US). The aftermath of World War II...

Purnell's History of the Second World War was a hugely successful weekly anthology or 'partwork' publication covering all aspects of World War II that was...

A world war is an international conflict that involves most or all of the world's major powers. Conventionally, the term is reserved for two major international...

The military history of Canada during World War I began on August 4, 1914, when the United Kingdom entered the First World War (1914–1918) by declaring...

During World War II, the Kingdom of Hungary was a member of the Axis powers. In the 1930s, the Kingdom of Hungary relied on increased trade with Fascist...

major battlefield in the North African campaign during the Second World War, being the location of the First and Second Battles of El Alamein. Legally...

The Second World is one of the "Three Worlds" formed by the global political landscape of the Cold War, as it grouped together those countries that were...

The Origins of the Second World War is a non-fiction book by the English historian A. J. P. Taylor, examining the causes of World War II. It was first...

The Luftwaffe (German pronunciation: [ˈlʊftvafə] ) was the aerial-warfare branch of the Wehrmacht before and during World War II. Germany's military air...