The Monuments Men and Women Foundation is on the hunt to recover stolen masterpieces—and they say this could be our best ...

Germany’s president is laying a wreath Friday at Coventry Cathedral in central England, symbolically atoning for the ...

On the 7th of May 1945, the German General Alfred Jodl signed the unconditional surrender of Nazi Germany at the Allied headquarters in Reims, France. It meant the Second World War had come to an end, ...

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Between 1942 and 1945, nearly 8,000 American warplanes traveled through Alaska on their way to the Soviet Union as part of a ...

France's liberation in 1944 brought joyous freedom but also a brutal 'Wild Purge.' Women accused of intimacy with German ...

At first, disarmament was imposed on Germany. American and Russian forces seized weapons depots, sealed off factories, and ...

Today, the confectionery known as “tree cake” because of the resemblance to a trunk with rings is considered a symbol of ...

The privilege of opening the first trial in history for crimes against the peace of the world imposes a grave responsibility.

The privilege of opening the first trial in history for crimes against the peace of the world imposes a grave responsibility.” With those words, spoken 80 years ago today, Robert H. Jackson began the ...

The absolute best movie performances of the 1940s include turns from Ingrid Bergman in Notorious and Moira Shearer in The Red ...

Germany is planning to bring back a form of military service — but only men are required to sign up. Amid misinformation about the measure online, here's why and how unusual Germany's revived military ...