Paul Thomas Chamberlin’s book, Scorched Earth, recasts the conflict as a brutal struggle for survival among declining and ascendant imperial powers.

World War II was exactly as it was billed, fought all over the world. World War II movies, of which there are many, are set ...

Martin Reid found the letters and photographs wedged within an antique desk just before the 80th anniversary of VE Day ...

Berlin exhibition shows how Europe reckoned with Nazi crimes after World War II The German Historical Museum brings together six exhibitions held in different countries between 1945 and 1948, ...

Three unexploded U.S. bombs from World War II were defused on Wednesday in Cologne after the German city's biggest evacuation since the end of the war.

Germany has this week deployed a permanent military brigade beyond its borders for the first time since the end of World War II.

Photos: World War II-era map sparks treasure hunt in Dutch village The church of Ommeren, near Arnhem, Netherlands, Thursday, Jan. 19, 2023.

SARATOGA SPRINGS, New York —Maj. Gen. Raymond Shields, the adjutant general of New York, welcomed a French diplomat to mark the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II in Europe during a May ...

LONDON (AP) — Even if the end of World War II in Europe spawned one of the most joyous days the continent ever lived, Thursday’s 80th anniversary of V-E Day is haunted as much by the specter ...

World War II ended in Europe 80 years ago. Celebrating V-E Day is now tinged with some dread Europe is marking one of its most joyous days in history. V-E Day is also haunted by the specter of ...

Even if the end of World War II in Europe spawned one of the most joyous days the continent ever lived, Thursday’s 80th anniversary of V-E Day is haunted as much by the specter of current-day ...

On Wednesday, Trump proclaimed Thursday as a day for the United States to celebrate victory in World War II, insisting the country should better recognize its essential role in the war.