Thousands celebrate the announcement of Germany’s unconditional surrender to the Allies in World War II on May 7, 1945, at ...

After World War II, Operation Paperclip quietly recruited German scientists to work on its most advanced weapons and space ...

And they saw that the West cheered capitalism more than democracy. And since they got the worst form of capitalism and the ...

NPR speaks with historian Jill Lepore about the world America made after World War II. She argues the U.S. is downplaying ideals like freedom and self-government, which were once promoted overseas.

A concerned Westlake resident emailed the fire department after they found what they believed was an “old WWII grenade and 2 anti-aircraft shells” in the basement of a home they had recently purchased ...

The founding of a research institute 100 years ago has helped to provide insight on Yiddish culture in the United States and ...

Robert Prevost, a Chicago native, became the first American pope ... Born in Poland in 1920 but not ordained a priest until after World War II, the master of at least a dozen languages was ...

To this day, America’s leniency toward certain veterans ... Even Argentina, a notorious destination for fugitive Nazis after World War II, has declassified records of Third Reich figures it ...

E ighty years after the Allied powers accepted Germany’s unconditional surrender and ended the fighting in Europe, world ...

LONDON (AP) — Even if the end of World War II in Europe spawned one of the most ... Hitler’s Nazi Germany had finally surrendered after a half-decade of invading other European powers ...