Heaven Can Wait was hit by enemy fire off the Pacific island of New Guinea on March 11, 1944. All 11 aboard were killed.

Europe is marking one of its most joyous days in history. The 80th anniversary of the end of World War II on the continent ...

With the ceremonial establishment of the permanent combat brigade in Lithuania, the German government under Chancellor ...

Marlboro is mourning the loss of Richard Henry Hamilton, a former prisoner of war turned community cornerstone who died ...

Letter writer remembers when the church bells rang, the factory whistles blew and cars with big stars delivered the worst imaginable news to the family upstairs.

(Luke Sharrett/For The Washington Post) Eighty years ago this week, the war in Europe came to an end with Germany’s surrender to the Allied forces of the United States, Britain, the Soviet Union ...

His war buddy, Kurzinger ... the combat medic was mistakenly buried beneath a cross. On May 15, 2025, eighty years after Kurzinger's death, Operation Benjamin, a non-profit dedicated to ...

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

Europe's deadliest war came to an end 80 years ago. Ceremonies to mark the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II were held across the continent. Newly elected German Chancellor Friedrich ...

The journey for closure will finally come to an end for the family of Lt. Thomas Kelly Jr., a service member lost more than ...

Hundreds of villagers and relatives of the fallen watched silently, some wiping tears off their cheeks, as the soldiers who died in one of the last large World War II battles fighting for Adolf ...