World War II took place from 1939 to 1945 between the Axis powers — Germany, Italy and Japan — and the Allies — mainly France, Great Britain, the Soviet Union and the United States.

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 ...

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

World War II ended in 1945. And then again, it really did not. W orld War II ended 74 years ago. But even in the 21st century, the lasting effects endure, both psychological and material.

In the aftermath of the war, the Vichy city council sought to restore the town's status as the 'capital of thermal spas.' At ...

On this day in history, July 17, 1945, after Nazi Germany's surrender in World War II, the Potsdam Conference outside Berlin, Germany, began, with Truman, Churchill and Stalin.

Rather, it sees World War II as a truly “global event. ... Only by sidelining Asia can you claim that the Second World War ran from 1939 to 1945. The aim of these land grabs was resources, ...

V-E Day commemorates the unconditional surrender of Nazi Germany to the Allied forces in 1945, ending World War II in Europe. With their power-mad Fuhrer, Adolf Hitler, dead by his own hand ...

Eighty years after a U.S. airman went missing in World War II, his family has received a token to remember him by.

With the youngest World War II veterans aged 96, their numbers are dwindling. These three, aged 96, 96 and 101, ... He was drafted near the end of the war in 1945.

An estimated 240,000 people were killed or went missing in the Battle of Okinawa during World War II. Eighty years later, the scars remain, allowing visitors to get up close and touch history.