Military collectibles from World War II have surpassed their status as mere artifacts and become tangible snippets of history ...

Truman designated May 8 as VE Day and the western allies followed suit, according to the museum. However, the Soviet Union recognizes its Victory Day on May 9 after having a second set of surrender ...

The Battle of Crete will remain forever in military history as the scene of the largest German airborne operation of World ...

Intelligence and deception are as much part of war as brute force. The German High Command knew that Allied ... significance of Rhode Island in World War II and there are many aspects of its ...

Like so many of the Nazis’ weapon designs, the Gustav gun was fantastically expensive and completely impractical.

Newly released letters between spies reveal the end of the Second World War. To commemorate the ... he relays that the German high command had signed an “unconditional surrender”.

Charles Axtell piloted the commercial flight on Thursday that brought home the remains of his great-uncle, Army Air Forces ...

The North Africa campaign took place primarily in the geographically strategic nations of Libya, Morocco, Egypt, Algeria and Tunisia.

Belarus’s events marking 80 years since the defeat of Nazi Germany were a show of state power—but also reflected real popular ...

PARIS, France — Award-winning German ... world” for one night, said veteran filmmaker Wenders, recalling when the German High Command first signed its unconditional surrender on May 7, 1945 ...

Created by the Allies 10 years after World War II to help defend Western Europe, the German army was designed to fight as ...