The Second World War ended eight decades ago this summer. But its specter looms large today. The war ended empires, upended ...

An East Texas World War 2 veteran celebrates a big milestone today, turning 100 years old. Surrounded by friends and family, ...

World War II veterans, some age 100 or older, gathered Friday at a Lehigh Valley ceremony marking the 80th anniversary of V-J Day.

Japan is paying tribute tribute to more than 3 million war dead as the country marks its surrender 80 years ago, ending World ...

In just 30 seconds, we use Google Earth to visualize the entire course of World War II. From the initial invasions to the ...

The doomsday coming to the French town of Saint-Lô was to be of biblical proportions. The Allies had to warn the town’s ...

Even after the atomic bombs were dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, it was not universally expected that Japan would ...

Eighty years have passed since the end of a war that brought Japan to the brink of destruction and claimed countless lives in ...

Here’s a look at World War II, which lasted from 1939 to 1945. Causes of World War II The Peace of Paris – The treaties worked out in Paris at the end of World War I satisfied few. Germany, Austria an ...

Friday was the 80th anniversary of when the Japanese empire laid down their arms and surrendered to Allied forces marking the end of World War II.And it was the 101st birthday for a local man who ...

Friday marked 80 years since the end of World War II. The VFW Post 8495 in Perinton celebrated the occasion with a special ...

CASTEL GANDOLFO, Italy (AP) — Pope Leo XIV prayed Friday for a peaceful end to the “increasingly deafening violence” of wars ...