Not published in LIFE. Liri Valley, on the road to Rome, 1944. Ask a dozen military historians to name the single most pivotal battle or campaign of World War II—the one operation that saw the war’s ...
A view of London in 1940, with damage from German bombing raids.William Vandivert—Time & Life Pictures/Getty Images The air raids by German Luftwaffe planes on English cities and towns in 1940 and ...