The Latest Breaking News from WWII

The record-shattering high temperatures seen earlier this week brought to the surface some fascinating sights at Markeaton Park in the East Midlands not seen since the Second World War

DEERFIELD BEACH, Fla. — More than 75 years after his service in World War II, a 98-year-old Chinese-American veteran in Deerfield Beach received a Congressional Gold Medal to honor his service to the United States.

'Can you imagine her sitting there holding that letter, seeing her late mother's handwriting.'

Built into a limestone hill in what's known as Fortress Fremantle, the Leighton Battery has munitions stores, secret command bunkers, and 360-degree artillery batteries with large-calibre guns. The history of these World War II defence structures is being preserved to remind us how close the enemy came to West Australian…

New book examines the controversial WWII legacy of the pontiff known as “Hitler's Pope.” 

The award-winning Canadian-Czech singer and composer Lenka Lichtenberg was going through her mother's effects in 2016 in Prague when she made a startling discovery. She found two small notebooks that belonged to her artist grandmother, Anna Hana Friesova (1901-1987). Inside each notebook, small enough to fit into a back pocket,…

Several dozen World War II veterans were expected to attend D-Day commemoration ceremonies Monday in France

Jim Miles has discovered a number of underwater plane and shipwrecks in his time but finding the remains of WWII bomber A72-80 was different.

A grisly scenario is brought to life in this polite but predictable dramatic thriller — with lashings of pitch-black humour — from the director of The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel.

As Russia and the U.S. increase war rhetoric over Ukraine, New Delhi steers clear of appearing to pick sides

Russians watching the coverage of Victory Day - an event celebrating the Soviet Union's defeat of Nazi Germany in WWII - were treated to an unexpectedly anti-war message