World War II, the world's deadliest international conflict, left almost 80 million people dead. Here's what started it and why it ended in 1945. Hotspots ranked Start the day smarter ☀️ ...

The anniversary of World WAr II’s end, however, strikes me as an opportune time to quickly survey how the war began. The final act does connect to the first acts.

In the week after the Nazis began attacking Poland, the U.S. weekly newsmagazine Time declared in its September 11, 1939, edition, “World War II began last week at 5:20 a.m. (Polish time) Friday ...

World: When World War II Began; World: When World War II Began. 2 minute read. TIME. September 5, 1969 12:00 AM GMT-4. THIRTY years ago this week, on the morning of Sept. 1, 1939, Nazi bombers ...

The history of using radar imaging in weather prediction tracks back to World War II. Radar development had been occurring ...

President Trump announced plans to designate May 8 as World War II "Victory Day" and Nov. 11 as World War I "Victory Day," stating that we are "going to start celebrating our victories again." ...

Eugeniusz Kolodziejczyk, 82, gestures in the centre of the Polish town of Wielun on July 27, 2009, indicating the flight-path of the German Luftwaffe planes that attacked at the start of World War II.

World War II began when Germany invaded Poland in 1939, leading to Britain and France to declare war on Germany days later. We don't yet know where Trump's single action may lead.

Vice President Mike Pence, speaking at a ceremony in Warsaw to memorialize the 80th anniversary of the outbreak in World War II, praised the "indomitable spirit, strength, and resilience of ...