In World War II, Germany’s main allies formed the core of the Axis Powers—Italy and Japan—bound together by the Tripartite Pact of 1940. Italy joined with ambitions in the Mediterranean and North ...

World War I broke out in 1914 as a result of ethnic rivalry between the Austro-Hungarian Empire and Serbia. A web of secret alliances dragged country after country in until the continent was divided ...

Italy’s armored forces in North Africa were not defeated because their crews lacked courage. They were defeated because their tanks were built with brittle steel, riveted armor that turned into ...

In this article, we answer your most searched for questions about World War II, covering Hitler’s motivations through to key ...

Editor’s Note: This is the second part in a series of special history columns about World War II. On Thursday, Dec. 11, 1941, the Marietta Daily Journal reported the U.S. had declared war on Germany ...