Warsaw Ghetto Uprising
Before the start of World War II, Warsaw was a major center of Jewish culture in Poland. The pre-war Jewish population was around 350,000, constituting around 30 percent...
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Early Japanese Strategy
The Japanese Empire of the 1920s included the Home Islands, Korea, Taiwan, and several Pacific islands. By 1931 Manchuria—then part of China—had been annexed and turned i...
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The Ferdinand/Elefant
Following the invasion of the Soviet Union in 1941, the Germans soon found themselves facing formidable Soviet armor. The T-34 was called “the finest tank in the world” b...
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Jozef Tiso
Born in 1887, Jozef Tiso became a Roman Catholic priest in 1911. Following the collapse of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, Tiso joined the Slovak People’s Party in 1918. He...
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Air War in Japan
The United States launched its first air raid on Japan four months after the attack on Pearl Harbor. Sixteen B-25 Mitchell bombers were launched from the aircraft carrier...
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Happy Times
With the fall of France in June 1940, Germany was able to shift its U-boat operations to the French Atlantic coast ports of Brest, Lorient, St. Nazaire, Bordeaux, and La...
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Neutrality in World War II
As the world was engulfed by conflict during World War II, some nations chose to remain neutral. The stance of neutrality did not protect some countries from conflict. In...
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Airlift Operations
The implementation of aircraft in warfare has seen a wide assortment of missions. While not as glamorous as aerial dogfighting or strategic bombing, the transport aircraf...
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The Road of Life
As the German military besieged the city of Leningrad, millions of Soviet soldiers and civilians were trapped. The ensuing siege would last 29 months and lead to the deat...
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The Rock
The Japanese surprise attack on Pearl Harbor thrust the United States into World War II. All across the Pacific, the Japanese overwhelmed Allied defenses. On the Philippi...
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