After much of Europe had been occupied by the Axis powers for four years, the Allies finally launched their campaign to liberate Western Europe, codenamed Operation Overlord, on 6 June 1944.

The war in the desert made Bernard Montgomery ... Follow the three years of battles in the North African desert, and see how Axis and Allied forces chased each other across this hostile terrain.

While World War II began in 1939, the United States did not officially join the war until 1941 after the bombing of Pearl Harbor, Hawaii by Japan. The US joined on the side of the Allied Powers ...