Animated map showing the advances of Allied troops during the Second World War in Europe from July 1, 1943 to May 8, 1945, by ...

Operation Varsity "was the battle that ended" World War Two in Europe, yet it is largely unknown to all but military history ...

Dennis Bishop, 99, recalls vividly the moment he heard that the war was over and that peace was possible. 80 years on, he ...

Eighty years to the day after the liberation of Dachau Concentration Camp, a memorial plaque was unveiled in honor of the ...

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Just over 80 years ago, American troops entered this Venetian city and defeated a ragged but determined German force to ...

In the chaos of the Battle of the Bulge, German command launched one of the most daring deception operations of the war. Disguised in U.S. uniforms, speaking perfect English, and driving American ...

Hitler's betrayal of his ally cost the lives of 29 million Russians... but the Eastern Front broke Germany's armies and ...

Badenoch and Strathspey’s late war hero Sir Tommy Macpherson is to feature on a new set of Royal Mail stamps marking the end ...

Henry Langrehr, decorated World War II veteran and author from Clinton, died Wednesday at the age of 100. Langrehr was just 19 when he jumped from a plane over France during the war, moments ...