Publishers are racing to churn out more historical novels about bombings, spies and young resistance fighters.

Putin’s Victory Day speech on Red Square was one of the shortest in years, maybe ever. It was heavy on the usual tropes: the ...

They were Japanese American soldiers, part of a storied military unit that faced down prejudice and suspicion to fight Adolf ...

Europe is marking one of its most joyous days in history. The 80th anniversary of the end of World War II on the continent ...

Chicago Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost was elected on Thursday after four rounds of voting as the new head of the Catholic ...

President Trump wants to make May 8, or Victory in Europe Day, into a national holiday. NPR’s Joe Henandez spoke to veteran Harry Miller on his memories of the day Nazi Germany surrendered in World ...

Army veteran Harry Miller was stationed in Germany when the Nazis surrendered. Upon hearing the news, he recalls that ...

For the first American, the world's expectations are many. Leo XIV becomes the successor of Peter in one of the most complex ...

V-E Day, on May 8, 1945, marked the end of World War II in Europe. But we're still learning that conflict's deepest lessons.

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