Each site reveals traces of the men and machines that fought there, as well as the strategies that defined the conflict. From ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- The 75th anniversary of the end of World War II in Europe in coming up, and to commemorate the day the Pritzker Military Museum & Library is going virtual. On May 7, 1945, the forces ...

Hannah Daley, exhibitions manager, installs Countess Mountbatten's underwear made from a silk map given to her by a boyfriend in the Royal Air Force at the 'Fashion on the Ration: 1940s Street Style' ...

Few things spark the imagination like a good old treasure hunt, and there's a big one underway in the Netherlands this week. Officials in the European country have published an old map, believed to ...

WASHINGTON -- After being freed from a World War II prison camp by British forces, Harold Radish immediately sought the simple pleasures of freedom: a beer and a nice sleep. A reconnaissance sergeant ...

PARIS – French President Emmanuel Macron led the traditional ceremony on Paris’ Champs-Elysees Monday, commemorating the day that marked the end of World War II in Europe in 1945. Flanked by Prime ...

LONDON — Eighty years ago, the Allies announced they had accepted Nazi Germany's unconditional surrender. What became known as Victory in Europe Day marked the end of World War II in Europe, prior to ...

The remains of more than 20 World War II-era German warships have been exposed in the Danube River near Prahovo, Serbia, as a result of Europe’s worst drought in 500 years. The ships — some of which ...

Intense droughts in Europe have brought the Danube River to its lowest water level in over a century, leaving dozens of sunken warships from World War II exposed for the first time, Reuters reported ...