Seventy-five years ago this week and next, the European phase of World War II finally came to an end as Allied troops neutralized German defenses, liberated captured cities and prison camps and ...

Sept. 2, 2020, marks the 75th anniversary of the official end of World War II, a conflict that changed millions of lives and the course of global history.

The Battle of Berlin marked the final major offensive of World War II in Europe. In this video, we dive into the brutal ...

Almost 90 US B-29 bombers dropped about 6,000 tons of napalm on Kumagaya, Japan, on the night of August 14-15, 1945. Eighty ...

World War II, the world's deadliest international conflict, left almost 80 million people dead. Here's what started it and why it ended in 1945. ... How did World War II end?

On September 2, 1945, government and military officials from the Empire of Japan signed surrender documents in a ceremony aboard the USS Missouri in Tokyo Bay, formally bringing the Pacific War ...

The unprecedented scale of World War II resulted in an equally exceptional amount of resources left in multiple theaters at the end of the war. The lack of Allied demobilization planning is a ...

We’re less than five months away from 2020, the year that will mark the 75th anniversary of the end of World War II. Help us report on it.

To boost troop morale and keep an eye on postwar reconstruction, the US Army requisitioned dozens of hotels across southern ...

Orange and black ribbons are draped across Russia to celebrate Victory Day, which marks the end of World War II. President Vladimir Putin used the opportunity to justify the invasion of Ukraine in ...

His brothers, Benny, Frank, and Arthur shared more than a surname with Stephen — they, too, served during World War II. Benny kept aircraft of the famed 6th and 8th Air Forces battle-ready.

On Sept. 2, the 75th anniversary of World War 2’s end, we welcome the below comments from the chairman of Park Ridge’s Spirit of ’45 Committee, which organized a 2015 commemoration of the 47 ...