In April 1945, as Nazi Germany is on the brink of defeat, the Swedish Red Cross launches the largest rescue operation of ...

A World War II-era archival document, drafted by the monarch's advisers and unearthed by a Belgian historian, sheds light on a highly contested period in the nation's history: the king's intention to ...

The political forces that thwarted the European Defense Community - a previous attempt at a common EU army and defense policy ...

Whakaata Māori again brings Aotearoa together in remembrance and reflection this Anzac Day honouring our servicemen and women and their whānau, beginning with the Dawn Service from Auckland War ...

As the world marks Yom HaShoah, Israel’s Holocaust Remembrance Day , a sobering visualization by The World in Maps brings ...

Even without nuclear weapons being effectively used, the military use of nuclear energy causes a great deal of damage.

On March 2, 1945 Lin distinguished himself near Brucke, Germany. Acting as a scout for his squad, PFC Hamm’s progress was halted by a machine gun firing at close range. Lin fired a white phosphorous ...

At the liberation of Buchenwald Concentration Camp. Elie Wiesel – author, Nobel Laureate, survivor – is seen on the second row up near the man standing. April 16, 1945. Photo by Harry ...

This quiet alpine cabin was once a wartime refuge for a Belgian family fleeing Nazi-occupied Europe. Now, it sits ...

In view of the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II and the 75th anniversary of the Schuman Declaration, Europe must ...

The Elbe Day picture captured American and Russian armies uniting against the Nazis – and cemented two Jewish soldiers in ...