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3 days ago · During World War II, Lazare Kaplan, along with his four siblings, narrowly escaped capture by Nazi and Vichy militia forces multiple times. A member of the Jewish scouts, he delivered letters for ...
2 days ago · Carl Lutz served as the Swiss vice-consul in Budapest, Hungary, from 1942 until the end of World War II. The diplomat is credited with saving over 62,000 Jews in a very large-scale rescue operation.
4 days ago · The best World War II movies not only recount historical events, but also deeply resonate with audiences through powerful portrayals of courage amidst adversity. World War II, a tumultuous period marked by bravery, sacrifice, and human resilience, has long been an evocative backdrop for storytelling.
2 days ago · The question of how and why my father found himself in Iran, over 5,000 miles away from his hometown of Ostrow Mazowiecka, set me off on a decade-long research project that ended up spanning three continents and culminated in a 400-page book, Tehran Children: A Holocaust Refugee Odyssey.
3 days ago · World War II was a conflict that involved virtually every part of the world during 1939–45. The main combatants were the Axis powers (Germany, Italy, and Japan) and the Allies (France, Great Britain, the United States, the Soviet Union, and China).
- World War II began in Europe on September 1, 1939, when Germany invaded Poland. Great Britain and France responded by declaring war on Germany on S...
- The main combatants were the Axis powers (Germany, Italy, and Japan) and the Allies (France, Great Britain, the United States, the Soviet Union, an...
- The Allied powers were led by Winston Churchill (United Kingdom); Joseph Stalin (Soviet Union); Charles de Gaulle (France); and Franklin D. Rooseve...
- The war in the Pacific turned against Japan during the Battle of Midway (June 3–6, 1942), an American victory that destroyed the Japanese first-lin...
- The Allied landings at Normandy on June 6, 1944, opened a second front in Europe, and Germany’s abortive offensive at the Ardennes in the winter of...
- Estimates of the total number of people killed during World War II have ranged from 35,000,000 to 60,000,000—a significant span, because statistics...
1 day ago · World War II or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945) was a global conflict between two alliances: the Allies and the Axis powers.
3 days ago · U.S. soldiers, having defeated the German military, come face-to-face with the horrors of Nazi concentration camps. From “The Second World War: Allied Victory” (1963), a documentary by Encyclopædia Britannica Educational Corporation.
