Important events of 1939 and the start of the Second World ... war will be declared. 1 Sept Germany invades Poland. First use of Blitzkrieg. Britain and France give Germany an ultimatum to get out.

October – Lord Rosebery agrees to lend outbuildings at his estate, Mentmore in Buckinghamshire, to the Gallery for use as a wartime 'refuge' Click to see a photograph of Mentmore House. The Gallery ...

As the United States was drawn into war again, Brown re-initiated training of Army and Navy men on the campus. The University undertook year-round operations and accelerated programs to provide the ...

World War II begins. May: As Germany marches into Belgium, Luxembourg, and the Netherlands, Winston Churchill replaces a disgraced Neville Chamberlain, the man responsible for the appeasement of ...

In August 1945, North Field launched the two bombers that carried out the first and only wartime use of nuclear weapons in ...

Historian John McManus rates the accuracy of World War II battles in "Masters of the Air," "Pearl Harbor," and "Flags of Our ...

Professor Sönke Neitzel used secret transcripts of German prisoners of war to create a unique portrait of the mindset of soldiers during WWII. For many decades after the end of World War II (WWII), a ...

The American World War II Heritage Cities Program was created in 2019 to shed light on the importance that different regions ...

People were excited to see a piece of history along the levee in Marietta on Sunday, as it was the last day for the World War ...

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When efforts to negotiate a withdrawal fail, Britain and France declare war on Germany. World War II begins. Germany captures Paris, and France surrenders to the Nazis. Exacting revenge for his ...

Investigators discovered that the original print of "The Roaring Lion" had been sold to a buyer in Italy Julia Binswanger The ocean became a dumping ground for weapons after Allied forces defeated ...