On the morning of August 9th 1945, air raid sirens began to ring out in the Japanese city of Nagasaki. However, a short while ...

Chinese academics are calling for the “Western-centric” version of World War II to be rewritten by pushing back the start date nearly a decade and placing Chinese forces firmly on the front ...

Victory in Europe Day is not just a celebration for Europe but is also an occasion to pay homage to the millions across the ...

When Winston Churchill told Franklin D. Roosevelt and Joseph Stalin at Tehran that history would treat them kindly, he spoke ...

A 101-year-old veteran, who has never publicly talked about her wartime experience, wants the VE Day 80th anniversary events ...

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

A new World War 2 documentary telling the 'powerful human story' of the Blitz through vividly restored archive footage is ...

Pauline was one of five siblings who all served in the Second World War - with three of them among the four family members ...

Winston Churchill was clear. “My dear friends,” he said on May 8th 1945, standing on a balcony in Whitehall to address the cheering crowds below. “This is your hour.” Victory, he said, did ...

Entitled Last Voices of the Second World War, it’s based on a series of more ... of those who were there to understand that this history matters,” says Iacobelli, the historian, “and we ...