The Battle of Kursk occurred in July 1943 around the Soviet city of Kursk in western Russia, as Germany launched Operation Citadel, Hitler’s response to his devastating defeat by the Soviet Red Army ...

History Purposes Only!! Battle of France, (May 10–June 25, 1940), during World War II, the German invasion of the Low Countries and France. In just over six weeks, German armed forces overran Belgium ...

Some of the most important battles in American military history were fought during World War II. From the surprise attack ...

What if just a handful of battles truly determined the outcome of World War II? While the war stretched across years and continents, a select group of engagements had an outsized impact, shifting ...

EDITOR’S NOTE: CNN Films presents “Why We Dream,” which follows a group of centenarian WWII veterans as they make a pilgrimage to Normandy, France for the 80th anniversary of D-Day. Watch it now on ...