Each site reveals traces of the men and machines that fought there, as well as the strategies that defined the conflict. From ...

More than 16 million Americans served in the U.S. military in World War II, but the decades move by quickly. Today, these veterans are now in their 90s and 100s. Many have passed, others aren't ...

In the introduction to his book, Savage Continent, Keith Lowe writes: Imagine a world without institutions. No governments. No school or universities. No access to any information. No banks. Money no ...

LONDON — Eighty years ago, the Allies announced they had accepted Nazi Germany's unconditional surrender. What became known as Victory in Europe Day marked the end of World War II in Europe, prior to ...

What was the Second World War about? According to Allied leaders, that wasn’t a hard question. “This is a fight between a free world and a slave world,” U.S. Vice President Henry Wallace explained. It ...

In the early hours of May 7, 1945, representatives from the Allied high command accepted the unconditional surrender of Nazi Germany, marking the end of World War II in Europe. The following day, ...

In a long-awaited history due to be published this week, journalist and author Anne Applebaum draws on firsthand accounts and previously unpublished archival material to describe how the Kremlin ...

On May 7, 1945, newspapers across the world heralded the end of hostilities in Europe with the unconditional surrender of the unified armed forces of Nazi Germany. May 8 was designated as V-E Day. It ...