Six years after it started, World War II ended in 1945 with Nazi Germany surrendering in May and its leaders going on trial for war crimes in November.

With the onset of Spring 1942, the war in the east was ready to begin again but the problem of supplies particularly of oil was forever a worry for the German High Command and so they planned for an ...

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Vadim Kobzev, Igor Sergunin and Alexei Liptser were jailed from 3 1/2 to five years by a court in the town of Petushki, about 100 kilometers (60 miles) east of Moscow. They were arrested in October ...

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In 1918 during the last months of the war, the Military Service (No. 2) Act raised the age limit to 51. Conscription was extended until 1920 to enable the army to deal with continuing trouble spots in ...

Discover the fascinating facts and surprising timeline of the All Creatures Great and Small's author's WWII experience.

Since the end of the most deadly conflict in human history, hundreds of World War 2 movies have been produced worldwide. Express.co.uk unveiled the Top 10 of all time, as ranked by fans on IMDb ...