WWII With Tom Hanks | HISTORY

All changed the course of the war. Some changed the course of the world.

Genocide and atomic weapons only tell part of the story.

From the Battle of the Atlantic to the Battle of Okinawa, see a timeline of World War II's battles.

The Nazis and Soviets were mortal enemies. Why did they sign a nonaggression pact—and why didn't it last?

The Nazi offensive began with a bang—many of them—and led to a global conflict that would span six years.

The Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact was a non-aggression pact signed in 1939 by former enemies Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union shortly before World War II broke out.

Where is Dunkirk? Dunkirk is located in the north of France, on the shores of the North Sea near the Belgian-French border. The Strait of Dover, where the distance between England and France is just 21 miles across the English Channel, is located to the...

America's largest industry shifted from making cars to bombers, tanks and more—at unparalleled speed.

As Hitler bombed London, its citizens set up makeshift beds in rail cars, on escalators and even in tunnels to get a night's sleep.

Even as millions of Nazi troops massed on his border, Soviet leader Joseph Stalin remained convinced that Adolf Hitler wouldn’t betray him.

Explore eight facts about the brutal and often overlooked Russian front of World War II.

From planning to logistics to weather, how Hitler's Nazi forces fumbled the largest invasion of World War II.