World War II was the biggest conflict in world history, ... Meeting in Paris in 1919, at the end of World War I, the victorious Allies redrew the map of Europe.

World War II, the world's deadliest international conflict, ... 1944, the Allies began an invasion, landing with 156,000 American, Canadian and British soldiers on the beaches of Normandy, France.

Perhaps one of the most feared and well-known aircraft of World War II was the Junkers Ju 87 "Stuka" dive bomber. Early model Ju 87s were used in the Spanish Civil War with good results.

Paul Thomas Chamberlin’s book, Scorched Earth, recasts the conflict as a brutal struggle for survival among declining and ascendant imperial powers.

Rather, it sees World War II as a truly “global event.” In that light, one thing becomes clear. Whatever else the Second World War was about, it was, on both sides, a war for empire.

World War II-era map sparks treasure hunt for Nazi loot in Dutch village. Detail of a hand-drawn map purportedly showing where Nazi loot was buried in Ommeren, the Netherlands.