Army Maj. James J. O’Donovan, a native of Cohoes, was finally laid to rest 80 years after he died in a prisoner of war camp ...

During World War II, approximately 8,000 women were deported from France to Ravensbrück, Germany, the largest women's ...

The Battle of Nuremberg, one of the last American battles in Europe in World War II, saw the 7th Army engage in days of ...

World War 2 history buffs are just discovering a BBC Radio 4 audio drama based on the conflict that has them "gripped".

Today marks 39 years since Wallis Simpson, the woman who became Duchess of Windsor after King Edward VIII abdicated the ...

This violent act of erasure sought to both delegitimize and eradicate queer and transgender people from history itself. Milo Todd’s breathtaking debut, “The Lilac People,” unearths an essential ...

In April 1945, as Nazi Germany is on the brink of defeat, the Swedish Red Cross launches the largest rescue operation of ...

Eighty years after the Holocaust, more than 200,000 Jewish survivors are still alive, but according to a study 70% of them ...

After the Hitler-Stalin Pact of 1939, Nazi Germany and the USSR divided Poland ... about her father’s experiences in World War II, including the time he happened upon an arena of dead bodies ...

EXCLUSIVE: On the eve of the 80th anniversary of Dutch Liberation veterans and their carers have a chance to relive history ...