This year the world will mark the 80th anniversary of VJ Day, when Japan formally surrendered to the Allies and ended the ...

Countless atrocities were committed during World War II, including international invasions, kamikaze attacks, exterminations, ...

World War II is “fertile storytelling ground” for the new book “Hold Strong,” writes AP reviewer Rob Merrill about the work ...

World War II is “fertile storytelling ground” for the new book “Hold Strong,” writes AP reviewer Rob Merrill about the work ...

At this point, horror franchises are nearly as old as cinema itself. By the release of 1931’s adaptation of Bram Stoker’s ...

Recalling the horrors of war and the faith of St. Maximilian Kolbe and countless others on the battlefield upon this ...

Two survivors of a mining disaster in South Africa claimed some of their colleagues “resorted to cannibalism” as their only means of staying alive after police blocked their food and water.

On January 27, 1945, the French population had yet to grasp the full horror of the Holocaust. After the Soviet army finally liberated Auschwitz and the allies advanced on the Western front ...

A group of around 1,000 black pilots, the airmen flew hundreds of dangerous missions during World War II. Over the weekend, a US military official said "immediate steps" were taken to remove ...

Survivors of Auschwitz-Birkenau are gathering Monday to commemorate the 80th anniversary of the liberation of the Nazi German death camp in the final months of World War II, amid the horror of war ...

After the policy forbidding German Jews from serving in the U.S. military was changed during World War II, Pins joined the Army and was going through basic training, believing he would be sent ...

During World War II, men, women and children were transported from across Europe to Auschwitz-Birkenau, horrendous journeys in which they were packed into cramped cattle cars.