Three unexploded U.S. bombs from World War II were defused on Wednesday in Cologne after the German city's biggest evacuation ...

More than 20,000 residents were evacuated from Cologne's city center Wednesday after the bombs were unearthed on Monday ...

History is seldom tidy. Eras overlap and unfinished business from one period lingers into the next. World War II was a war like no other in the magnitude of its effects on the lives of people and the ...

Mr. Sybiha is the foreign minister of Ukraine. Thursday is the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II in Europe. As leaders of countries that suffered greatly during and after the war ...

TUCSON, AZ (AZFamily) — The largest World War II water bomber is completing its slow but steady trek across Arizona before going to its final resting place. The Philippine Mars, also known as ...

Examine Bob Hope and his troupe of performers' impact on World War II. Legendary entertainer Bob Hope and his troupe of performers traveled over 80,000 miles during WWII to entertain the troops ...

Nielsen told them about Lidia Durr Zakrzewski, a teenager who joined the Polish resistance during World War II. She served as the real-life model for the young heroine in Nielsen’s 2024 novel ...

LONDON (AP) — Even if the end of World War II in Europe spawned one of the most joyous days the continent ever lived, Thursday’s 80th anniversary of V-E Day is haunted as much by the specter ...

Eighty years after World War II's end, the search for fallen German soldiers continues across Europe. The Volksbund Deutsche Kriegsgraberfursorge works to recover and rebury remains, offering ...

The Soviet sacrifice of World War II The Soviet Union lost a staggering 27 million people in what it calls the Great Patriotic War from 1941-45. That sacrifice left a deep scar in the national psyche.

Eighty years on, few people are alive who remember World War II. Anne Frank would have turned 96 this June; Senator Bob Dole, a veteran of the Italian campaign in 1945, died four years ago.

European countries, including Germany, are commemorating the end of World War II on the continent. Europe's deadliest war came to an end 80 years ago. Ceremonies to mark the 80th anniversary of ...