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World War II [b] or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945) was a global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies and the Axis powers. Nearly all the world's countries—including all the great powers—participated, with many investing all available economic, industrial, and scientific capabilities in pursuit of total war, blurring the distinction between military and ...
The final battles of the European theatre of World War II continued after the definitive surrender of Nazi Germany to the Allies, signed by Field marshal Wilhelm Keitel on 8 May 1945 (VE Day) in Karlshorst, Berlin. After German leader Adolf Hitler 's suicide and handing over of power to grand admiral Karl Dönitz on the last day of April 1945 ...
A&W Restaurants, Inc. (also known as Allen & Wright Restaurants) is an American fast food restaurant chain distinguished by its burgers, draft root beer and root beer floats. [5][6] The oldest extant restaurant chain in the United States [7] (the oldest being the Harvey House), [8] A&W's origins date back to 1919 when Roy W. Allen set up a ...
September 10, 2024 at 5:37 PM. OLIVER BUNIC/AFP via Getty Images. A new trove of sunken Nazi ships has emerged in the River Danube, following a blistering summer drought that caused water levels ...
An American woman, Aysenur Egzi Eygi, was killed in the occupied West Bank on Friday as Israeli forces appeared to withdraw from other parts of the territory amid a sweeping operation.
September 3, 2024 at 11:29 AM. The Israeli military says it has killed a Hamas militant who appeared in a widely viewed video from Oct. 7, where he was seen drinking from a bottle of cola in front ...
t. e. The World Wide Web ("WWW", "W3" or simply "the Web") is a global information medium that users can access via computers connected to the Internet. The term is often mistakenly used as a synonym for the Internet, but the Web is a service that operates over the Internet, just as email and Usenet do.
Preppy retailer J. Crew is bringing back its iconic catalog that once featured models on sailboats, at picnics and in the mountains — wearing J. Crew shorts, swimwear, sweaters and jackets, of ...