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

While men dominated the Nazi party higher ranks, many women also left their mark in Nazi Germany—some of them a very dark one ...

Hardly any other country marks the end of World War II with the same fanfare and fervor as Russia, for which the victory over ...

When Allied forces brought World War II in Europe and the Holocaust to an end 80 years ago this week, AP reporters and ...

Banned from flying in the U.S., these 25 American women headed to Britain to help ferry military aircraft—and fascinated the ...

In “Spitfires” by Becky Aikman, the saga of wartime American women pilots comes vividly to life.

Russia marks on Friday the 80th anniversary of the Soviet and allied victory over Nazi Germany, though there are fears that ...

Cities from London to Moscow will be awash with parades, flyovers and memorials this week as the world marks the 80th ...

When the news of the Nazi capitulation in WWII reached Valentina Efremova 80 years ago, the now 101 year old Russian veteran says she couldn't believe the devastating war that claimed 27 million ...

Wednesday is the 80th anniversary of VE Day, marking Germany’s unconditional surrender and the end of WWII in Europe. A new ...