When thinking about World War II, major Allied powers like the US, the Soviet Union, and the UK often come to mind. However, ...

President Donald Trump has issued a proclamation designating Thursday as a day for the United States to celebrate victory in World War II as countries in Europe already do.. Cities from London to ...

He signed a proclamation on Wednesday that designates May 8, 2025, as a “day in celebration of Victory Day for World War II.” He’s expected to issue a similar proclamation for World War I ...

World War II ended for the U.S. on September 2, 1945, when Japan signed surrender documents. Veterans’ groups were upset about the erasure of Veterans Day on November 11. And Congress, not the ...

78 countries engaged in conflict: World least peaceful since World War II, says report ...

V-E Day, on May 8, 1945, marked the end of World War II in Europe. But we're still learning that conflict's deepest lessons.

French World War II reenactors dressed as U.S. infantrymen participate in a ceremony on Utah Beach during commemorations of the 80th anniversary of D-Day on June 6 last year in Normandy.

Thursday is the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II in Europe. As leaders of countries that suffered greatly during and after the war, we attach great importance to this date.

The National World War II Museum in New Orleans estimates that in about a decade, there won’t be any left. In Massachusetts, there were only 1,370 living veterans from that conflict as of last year. .

As luck would have it, I stumbled upon a U.K. National Archives podcast dated June 11, 2014, titled “The untold story of the RAF’s black Second World War fliers over Europe,” whereupon I ...