When Churchill finally took up residence at 10 Downing Street in London, World War II had already been raging for eight ...

Following Japan’s surprise attack on Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7, 1941, the United States was thrust into a global conflict.

"Project Bring the Boys Back Home" sent volunteers to 12 cemeteries across Hampton Roads and North Carolina. The rubbings are all collected by hand, and three copies of each grave are needed for the ...

Prince Harry sent a special gift to Private Joseph Hammond, a World War II veteran whom he had previously met, in Ghana ahead of his 100th birthday.

"History is the life of nations and of humanity," In War and Peace, the great writer Leo Tolstoy observed. This year marks ...

Europe is marking one of its most joyous days in history. The 80th anniversary of the end of World War II on the continent ...

REIMS, France (AP) — When Allied forces brought World War II in Europe and the Holocaust to an end 80 years ago this week, AP reporters and photographers were there, chronicling the Nazis’ historic ...

World War II certainly brought the strands of world history together, with its global reach and its acceleration of the end ...

The 80th anniversary of Victory in Europe is being marked around the world, with different events being held in different ...

Today will see military parades, tea parties, and church services, but how did Londoners celebrate VE Day in 1945?

A mum from the US discovered her parents long lost love letters as she posed for a selfie outside the former family home ...

Witold Pilecki smuggled reports about Germany's war crimes to the Allies, urging them to stop the atrocities at Auschwitz by ...