The Latest Breaking News from the Second World War

Cases haven't been this high since the Second World War

With gonorrhoea diagnoses the highest on record, and syphilis the highest since just after the second world war, sexually transmitted infections are seemingly on the up across England with some surprising areas recording the sharpest increases in infections

Liverpool hosted a celebration of the Allies’ victory in the the longest continued military operation of the Second World War.

Historian who brought to light the important role of rural communities in the French resistance during the second world war

It follows the Brits who migrated to Australia after the second world war. Plus: Dannii Minogue hosts the UK’s first ever gay dating show. Here’s what to watch this evening

One tank. According to press reports and news broadcasts from Moscow, a solitary T-34 dating back to the second world war was the only tank that trundled past the Russian president as he marked a scaled-down Victory Day on May 9 this year.

On May 9, 1950, French Foreign Minister Schuman presented a proposal for the creation of the European Community of Coal and Steel, pooling together French and German coal and steel production -- resources needed to wage war -- under a common high authority, within an organisation open to other European…

About 13,000 people were held at the Minidoka camp during the second world war. Now, a green energy project threatens the ‘sacred’ place

On 7 May,1945, the German High Command, led by General Alfred Jodl, signed the unconditional surrender of all German forces and effectively ended the Second World War. The signing took place in a no-frills war room in a school building in Reims in northeastern France.