The good news for 1942 was that mobilization exceeded all expectations. Cooperation and patriotism swept the country. In the Detroit suburbs, Ford and Hudson turned from cars and trucks to bombers.

What if Nazi Germany never fought Britain, never sent Rommel to Africa, and never declared war on America? What if[...] ...

This account of my travels and experiences during four of the six and a half years I served in the British Army was written very much from memory, 45 or so years after the events, but with the ...

A striking and philosophical look at the everyday citizens who helped shape the course of WWII, The War is masterfully narrated by author Burns and an assortment of Hollywood talent, including Tom ...

The Midland National Guards were first organized shortly after World War I ended in 1918, and they played a pivotal role in World War II from 1941 to 1945. Federalized when war appeared imminent in ...

Raus was one of the Wehrmacht's most accomplished generals, and his memoirs are a welcome addition to the literature on World War II. Raus entered Russia in June 1941 as a brigade commander in Germany ...

Pike (Empires at War), a journalist and historian who focuses on Asian military history, offers a spectrum of fresh perspectives on a war generally presented in Western terms that minimize Japan's ...

Since 1937 Japan had been, for expansionist reasons, attacking China, and continued to do so in spite of many objections from America, Britain, and other countries. Having occupied all Chinese ...