#world-war-ii

During World War II, IBM played a significant role in the war effort through the provision of punch card tabulating machines and other computing...    Read more

Canada played a significant role in both World War I and World War II, making important contributions to the war effort and playing a key role in the...    Read more

The United States dropped atomic bombs on the Japanese cities of Hiroshima on August 6, 1945, and Nagasaki on August 9, 1945, during the final stages...    Read more

World War II was a global war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It was the deadliest conflict in human history, with up to 85 million fatalities. The...    Read more

Pierre Laval was the French prime minister who led the Vichy government during World War II. Laval, a prominent politician in the interwar period,...    Read more

The Maginot Line was a series of fortifications built by France along its borders with Germany and Italy between World War I and World War II. The...    Read more

The Maginot Line was a series of fortifications built by France along its borders with Germany and Italy between World War I and World War II. The...    Read more

The Holocaust was a dark and tragic period in human history that took place during World War II, resulting in the systematic persecution and murder...    Read more

The French general who led the Free French forces during World War II was Charles de Gaulle.De Gaulle was a prominent military figure in France...    Read more

The leader of France during World War II was Philippe Pétain. He was appointed Prime Minister of France in June 1940, following the German invasion...    Read more