And when Germany declared war on France and invaded Belgium, Britain and its world-wide empire entered the conflict and World War One began. The war in Europe spread to Africa, Asia, and the ...

World War One ended on 11 November 1918, when Germany surrendered to the allies. Delegates from 32 countries met in Versailles in June 1919 and signed a peace settlement called the Treaty of ...

From 1943 through 1946, more than 3,400 prisoners (including 15 Nazi generals) were processed at Fort Hunt, according to ...

West Palm Beach centenarian Franklin Simon, who celebrated his 100th birthday in June, served heroically in Europe during ...

A. Grünebaum shoe store in Witten, Germany, before World War II. Suzanne Cohen's great-great-uncle started the store, and ...

Six years after it started, World War II ended in 1945 with Nazi Germany surrendering in May and its leaders going on trial ...

Commemorations are being held Monday to mark the 80th anniversary of the liberation of the Auschwitz death camp by Soviet ...

Discover the fascinating facts and surprising timeline of the All Creatures Great and Small's author's WWII experience.

Alliance, war, betrayal, and then alliance all over again — this was the recurring theme of the 1930s and the 1940s. In these ...

The family of Donnie MacRae, who died aged 33 in a prisoner-of-war camp hospital, want his remains reunited with his body.

The Tesla founder has been condemned in Germany for the gesture he made on stage at the inauguration of President Donald Trump.

Images of what the Allies found when they liberated the Nazi death camps towards the end of World War II brought the horror ...