President Donald Trump late Thursday announced plans to designate May 8 as World War II “Victory Day” in the United States, which coincides with the “Victory in Europe Day” that has been ...

World War II brought the strands of world history together. It is not enough to remember the dead, many of whom were deliberately rendered nameless by their killers. For those who survived, the ...

In the opening hours of World War II, in the early morning skies over Poland, both the Axis and the Allied side had aerial victories and aerial “firsts”, some involving unlikely and obscure ...

In France, a family reckons with World War II Allies' legacy of rape and murder. PLABENNEC, France — As the world commemorated the 80th anniversary this year of the D-Day landings at Normandy ...

World War II in Europe ended on May 8, 1945, though the war against Japan continued in the Far East. World War I ended on Nov. 11, 1918, with an armistice between Germany and the Allies, though ...