The friends — Wilhelm, Friedhelm, Charlotte, Greta, and Viktor — are all 20 years old when we first encounter them in Berlin, bidding each other farewell amidst the ongoing war.

Berlin 1945,World War II: Photos of the Aftermath Michael Brettin and Peter Kroh, trans. from the German by Cindy Opitz. Berlinica (IPS, dist.), $25.95 (220p) ISBN 978-1-935902-02-7 ...

After approximately five years of devastating battle, World War II officially ended on September 2, 1945, when Japanese representatives signed the Instrument of Surrender aboard the USS Missouri ...

A conversation with historian James Holland on his latest book with Al Murray, "Victory '45: The End of the War in Eight ...

On August 9, 1945, clouds over Kokura forced a US bomber to switch to Nagasaki, where a sudden break in the sky led to a ...

The year 2025 marks the 80th anniversary of the end of the Second World War. British popular historians James Holland and Al ...

How women played a crucial role in halting Hitler’s terrorizing V2 rockets, the weapons that reshaped modern warfare.

Kate Winslet stars as World War II photographer Lee Miller in the new movie 'Lee,' in theaters Sept. 27. The movie also features performances from Josh O’Connor, Andy Samberg, Andrea Riseborough ...

Germany on Monday unveiled a temporary memorial to the Polish victims of World War II, almost 86 years after Adolf Hitler's Nazi regime launched its bloody invasion of Poland. "This memorial is ...