While better-known bombers grabbed the headlines, the Soviet Tu-2 played a vital but often overlooked role in the outcome of World War II. Fast, versatile, and deadly, it was a game-changer on the ...

In this new series covering modern warfare, we begin with one of the most iconic and brutal battles of the 20th century—the Battle of Stalingrad (1942–1943). Fought between Nazi Germany and the Soviet ...

The two leaders secretly plan to divide Poland and other parts of Eastern Europe between ... Britain and France declare war on Germany. World War II begins. Germany captures Paris, and France ...

Eastern Front, take the fight to the Eastern theater of the second World War and battle over the expansive steppe, from the streets of the smallest rural villages to the ruins of the largest ...

Under this umbrella, the Spanish volunteers of the 250th Infantry Division served on the northern or Volkov front. Both the Germans and Franco ... about the Spanish Blue Division experience in World ...

World War II witnessed tremendous growth in the size of American military aviation, from about 2,500 airplanes to nearly 300,000 by the war’s end. The Museum’s collection of 30 World War II-era ...