World War II officially ended on 2 September 1945, leaving behind a trail of destruction that forever marked humanity. we ...

The USS Silversides submarine sank 23 ships during World War II. It was also the site of a successful emergency appendectomy ...

Thousands celebrate the announcement of Germany’s unconditional surrender to the Allies in World War II on May 7, 1945, at ...

Oświęcim, Poland — Today, the World Jewish Congress unveiled a powerful new exhibition ... “By empowering young people to express what they’ve learned through art, we are not only teaching them about ...

Publishers are racing to churn out more historical novels about bombings, spies and young resistance fighters.

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E ighty years after the Allied powers accepted Germany’s unconditional surrender and ended the fighting in Europe, world ...

Victory Day, celebrated on May 9, is Russia’s most important secular holiday, reflecting its wartime sacrifice. But it's also ...

Paul Klee’s “Angelus Novus,” which inspired Walter Benjamin, Laurie Anderson and Wim Wenders, will go on show to commemorate ...

Hundreds of villagers and relatives of the fallen watched silently, some wiping tears off their cheeks, as the soldiers who died in one of the last large World War II battles fighting for Adolf ...

Gal Gadot and Matthias Schoenaerts are set to star in the World War II flick ‘Ruin’. The thriller comes from director Niki Caro and is set in post-war Germany, with Gadot playing a camp prisoner who ...

Ukraine threatens to rain drones on President Putin’s parade. Leading up to Friday’s Red Square celebration of the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II, Ukraine sent another wave of drones to ...