British re-armament was a period in British history, between 1934 and 1939, when a substantial programme of re-arming the United Kingdom was undertaken...

Moral Re-Armament (MRA) was an international moral and spiritual movement that, in 1938, developed from American minister Frank Buchman's Oxford Group...

from Britain's Labour Party and Liberal Party concerning British re-armament before World War II and the appeasement of Nazi Germany. These were contrasted...

During the Second World War (1939–1945), India was a part of the British Empire. British India officially declared war on Nazi Germany in September 1939...

with Germany's Kriegsmarine during World War II. During the war, they were reclassified as heavy cruisers. The British press began referring to the vessels...

The Battle of Britain (German: Luftschlacht um England, "air battle for England") was a military campaign of the Second World War, in which the Royal...

Tanks were an important weapons system in World War II. Although tanks in the inter-war years were the subject of widespread research, few were made,...

should have been destined to an effective re-armament. Donald Detwiler writes that "Italy's entrance into the war showed very early that her military strength...

During World War II, aviation firmly established itself as a critical component of modern warfare from the Battle of Britain in the early stages to the...

The Pacific War, sometimes called the Asia–Pacific War or the Pacific Theater, was the theater of World War II that was fought in eastern Asia, the Pacific...

During World War II, the Spanish State under Francisco Franco espoused neutrality as its official wartime policy. This neutrality wavered at times, and...

production in armaments factories. Wever argued that OKL should not be solely educated in tactical and operational matters but also in grand strategy, war economics...

Sweden maintained its policy of neutrality during World War II. When the war began on 1 September 1939, the fate of Sweden was unclear. But by a combination...

The military history of the United States during World War II covers the nation's role as one of the major Allies in their victory over the Axis Powers...

British heavy tanks were a series of related armoured fighting vehicles developed by the UK during the First World War. The Mark I was the world's first...

aftermath of World War II saw the rise of two superpowers, the Soviet Union (USSR) and the United States (US). The aftermath of World War II was also defined...

The British Army made extensive use of a variety of combat vehicles during the Second World War. This article is a summary of those vehicles. A tankette...

also Rome–Berlin–Tokyo Axis, was a military coalition that initiated World War II and fought against the Allies. Its principal members were Nazi Germany...

of tanks of the British Army from their first use in the First World War, the interwar period, during the Second World War, the Cold War and modern era...

in World War II and still the largest ever operational tank. French production at first lagged behind the British. After August 1916 however, British tank...

World War II Diplomatic history of World War I American entry into World War I Austro-Hungarian entry into World War I British entry into World War I...

The causes of World War II have been given considerable attention by historians. The immediate precipitating event was the invasion of Poland by Nazi Germany...

World War II saw the largest scale of war crimes and crimes against humanity ever committed in an armed conflict, mostly against civilians and specific...

The British Expeditionary Force (BEF) was the contingent of the British Army sent to France in 1939 after Britain and France declared war on Nazi Germany...

armament on British-built tanks and armoured cars only. Vickers-Berthier – light machine gun adopted by British Indian Army before the war, and used until...

During American involvement in World War II (1941–45), propaganda was used to increase support for the war and commitment to an Allied victory. Using...

world peace, but its failure to manage instability during the interwar period contributed to the outbreak of World War II in 1939. Before World War II...

the British Army was considerably smaller than its French and German counterparts. During the First World War, there were four distinct British armies...

with Sherman tanks extensive use around the world after World War II and catalogues foreign post–World War II use and conversions of Sherman tanks and variants...

The Western Front was a military theatre of World War II encompassing Denmark, Norway, Luxembourg, Belgium, the Netherlands, the United Kingdom, France...