Europe celebrated the end of World War II, but the conflict continued fiercely in the Pacific, where Japan remained defiant. The United States prepared for a potential invasion of Japan's home islands ...

"It is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to experience what it's like to live in a country at war," Adam Smith told Newsweek ...

In a forest near Berlin, the remains of 107 fallen Wehrmacht soldiers were ceremoniously interred last week. High school students placed white gerbera daisies on small black coff ...

War can be a potent catalyst for social change back home, WWII also taught us. New technologies like jets, computers, ...

Chinese President Xi Jinping’s presence at the parade gave Russian President Vladimir Putin a boost as he tries to show that ...

Thursday marks 80 years since Victory in Europe Day, when the Allies accepted Nazi Germany's unconditional surrender. The day ...

Brazil and other heads of states for festivities on Friday marking the 80th anniversary of the defeat of Nazi Germany in World War II. Victory Day, which is celebrated in Russia on May 9 ...

Central Berlin was in ruins after the Red Army completed the Allied victory over Nazi Germany in an intense fight for the ...

AP reporters and photographers chronicled the Nazis' historic defeat 80 years ago this week. Allied forces brought World War ...

With the number of surviving World War II veterans dwindling steadily, and the Greatest Generation and its wartime experiences moving from living memory to the history books, the long-standing ...

REIMS, France (AP) — When Allied forces brought World War II in Europe and the Holocaust to an end 80 years ago this week, AP reporters and photographers were there, chronicling the Nazis ...

Kolkata's elderly residents shared vivid memories of air-raid sirens during three major conflicts — World War II, the 1962 Sino-Indian War, and the 1971 Indo-Pakistan War. These piercing alarms ...