World War II heroes and veterans were honoured by the students at a Newcastle secondary, when the school celebrated the ...

War can be a potent catalyst for social change back home, WWII also taught us. New technologies like jets, computers, ...

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

By now, the Russian euphoria that greeted improved relations with Washington this spring has diminished, but many Russian ...

A few years later in 1895, the poster for the silent film L’Arroseur Arrose (in English, The Waterer Watered) was the first ...

They were Japanese American soldiers, part of a storied military unit that faced down prejudice and suspicion to fight Adolf ...

Even if the end of World War II in Europe spawned one of the most joyous days the continent ever lived, Thursday’s 80th ...

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

Events to mark the holiday in the occupied territories seem to be an effort to show Russian control of land it has captured.

On 16 October 1943, around 60,000 spectators made their way into Maine Road for a wartime international fixture between England and Scotland. The hosts were undoubtedly the favourites, but few would ...

After the war ended, surviving soldiers searched for the hidden relics, but no one found them — until now. Take a look.

PARIS — As France prepares to mark the 80th anniversary of the Nazi surrender to Allied forces, survivors of World War II ...