Yet it was not a day of celebration for everyone - for the vanquished Germans, it marked the end of bombings and of Nazi rule. But it was also a time of deprivation and chaos, fear and soul-searching.

The story of the Second World War in pictures, from the Blitz to Berlin. Commemorating the 80th anniversary of the end of WW2 ...

Collins was a passionate critic of antisemitism, as to which he advised his troops: “I know that there exists, in some divisions, what your people call antisemitism. It will not be tolerated in my d ...

MICHAEL BECKLEY is Associate Professor of Political Science at Tufts University, a Nonresident Senior Fellow at the American ...

However, this is only if it is requested by a town or parish council in support of an event to mark the occasion.

On April 12, 1861, the Civil War erupted with the firing on Fort Sumter by the Confederacy. Confederate Vice President ...

But Pietro Antonio Filardo gave his granddaughter one of the greatest gifts of her life: Italian citizenship. Five years ago, ...

President Franklin D. Roosevelt invoked the Alien Enemies Act in the hours after the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7, 1941, and by Dec. 20, he’d established Alien Enemy Boards in 22 districts ...

Polish Foreign Minister Radosław Sikorski has criticised Hungary’s continued opposition to the European Union's support for ...

MALMESBURY will join the international programme of activities to commemorate the 80th anniversary of VE Day on Thursday, May 8.

Victory in Europe Day is the day we celebrate the formal acceptance by the Allies of World War II of Germany 's unconditional ...