A deeper understanding of history is essential in order to gain wisdom, broaden our knowledge, and learn from the successes ...

The German submarine U-977, a Type VIIC U-boat, became the center of one of World War II’s most intriguing post-war mysteries ...

Trump also announced he would rename Victory in Europe Day, which is commemorated on May 8, to “Victory in World War II Day” to recognize that “we did more than any other Country, by far, in ...

Eighty years after the end of World War Two and the fall of the Nazi regime, many of Germany's urban trees and green spaces still hold such hidden traces of the past. In post-war Berlin, rare ...

Cities such as Dresden, Germany, lay in ruins in 1945 (Credit: Getty Images) Eighty years after the end of World War Two, blasted trees and rubble forests tell a hidden story of wartime ...

SAN FRANCISCO — Former Vice President Al Gore on Monday compared President Donald Trump’s administration to Nazi Germany and issued a dire warning about Trump’s use of power in a speech ...

In the immediate aftermath of World War II, a small group of philosophers who had escaped Hitler's murderous regime returned to Germany and performed a kind of moral autopsy on the Third Reich.

An undated file photo shows Army Pvt. Homer J. Mitchell of Portales, N.M., at age 20. Mitchell was killed in Germany during World War II, and his remains were identified by the Defense POW/MIA ...

And given Moscow’s own history of aggression and atrocities during World War II and its aftermath, there’s a special cynicism underlying the Russian accusations. Russia feels comfortable shouting ...

Key Takeaways World War II began when Britain and France declared war on Germany on Sept. 3, 1939. While World War II was a geopolitical event with underlying economic causes.