World War Two evacuees have told BBC South West about their experiences ahead of the 80th anniversary of the end of the war ...

Carey served in the Korean and Vietnam Wars, commanding the 9th Marine Amphibious Brigade during the evacuation of Saigon ... Two months after World War II ended, in May 1945, Carey enlisted ...

REIMS, France (AP) — When Allied forces brought World War II in Europe and the Holocaust to an end 80 years ago this week, AP ...

WWII led to the development and mass production of the world’s first antibiotic called penicillin which revolutionised the treatment of bacterial infections. While penicillin was discovered in 1928 at ...

On the occasion of the 80th anniversary of the end of World War 2, an explanation of Ukraine and its role in the victory over Nazism.

"History is the life of nations and of humanity," In War and Peace, the great writer Leo Tolstoy observed. This year marks ...

World War Two evacuees have told BBC South West about their experiences ahead of the 80th anniversary of the end of the war in Europe. Nora Hoskin, 94, said she had vivid memories of the day she ...

In April 1945, as Nazi Germany is on the brink of defeat, the Swedish Red Cross launches the largest rescue operation of World War II. The mission ... the release and evacuation of only ...

Thousands of Irish immigrant women supported the US war efforts during WWII, but their behind the scenes work was overlooked ...

When Allied forces brought World War II in Europe and the Holocaust to an ... with the first-move evacuation of the Yanks from their bridgehead of the banks of the Elbe River.