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

The surge of discussion about women in the military, a topic that hasn’t been particularly prevalent in recent years, makes ...

Russian President Vladimir Putin is set to host heads of states for festivities Friday marking the 80th anniversary of the ...

AP reporters and photographers chronicled the Nazis' historic defeat 80 years ago this week. Allied forces brought World War ...

With fears of a new world war ascendant, the lessons of World War II continue to resonate, though there is less agreement ...

May 8 and November 11 are new national holidays for WWII and WWI victories that don't replace Veterans Day or close ...

A third night of drone attacks near Moscow has snarled airports as foreign leaders start arriving for Russia’s Victory Day ...

A former US World War II-era warship, which survived two of the Pacific War’s most important battles, was supposed to be used ...

The war between the US and Japan had started with the Japanese bombing of Pearl Harbor in Hawaii on December 7, 1941. The ...

Day, the date does not mark the end of World War II as the Japanese continued to fight until later in the year.

On May 3, 1945, one of the greatest and most silenced maritime tragedies of the 20th century unfolded in the Bay of Lübeck in ...

Europe will commemorate the 80th anniversary of Nazi Germany's surrender on May 8. But thousands of locals remain committed ...