VE Day - or 'Victory in Europe Day' - marks the day towards the end of World War Two (WW2) when fighting against Germany came to an end.

Dennis Bishop, 99, recalls vividly the moment he heard that the war was over and that peace was possible. 80 years on, he ...

Scientists have warned that the eruption in Anchorage, Alaska could happen within the next couple of weeks and cause aviation ...

This Insights column is an update to one I wrote more than seven years ago—“Advocate for responsible outsourcing” (November ...

But only a handful really pushed the boundaries of what shooting games could be—not just graphically, but mechanically, ...

Producing a big jolt of thrust—and dramatic flame—the afterburner is a simple design dating to World War II, when engineers ... hot but not burning exhaust gas is flowing out of the engine ...

The result was the disastrous peace treaty, which would later contribute to the start of World War II. Some historians have ... lesions from breathing poison gas. On October 16, 1918, a letter ...

By Sarah Gray/Managing Editor “December 7th could never happen, just like 9/11 could never happen.” Dorinda Makanaonalani ...

In a daring 1943 raid, 178 B-24 bombers attacked Nazi oil refineries in Ploiești, Romania—facing brutal defenses, chaos, and ...

At a military training ground near the city of Wroclaw, ordinary Poles are lining up, waiting to be handed guns and taught ...

They experienced everything from being buried alive to losing friends and family. Today they proudly proclaim, ‘We survived ...