The Potsdam Conference shaped the diplomacy of the end of World War II. And on this day in history, July 17, 1945, following Nazi Germany's surrender in the war, President Harry S. Truman, British ...

The Oppenheimer movie has brought up the question of whether two fission bombs were needed to end the war with Japan. This question requires understanding the situation in 1945. Germany did not ...

Michael Brettin and Peter Kroh, trans. from the German by Cindy Opitz. Berlinica (IPS, dist.), $25.95 (220p) ISBN 978-1-935902-02-7 Somber and sobering, the images in this black-and-white collection ...

At 19, Sam Carson left home for war. He returned years later with a story few could match: he once drove around some of the ...

(L-R) Former German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas, Former speaker of the Bundestag Rita Suessmuth during a ceremony to unveil a monument to Polish victims of World War II. Mrhal Jaromír/CTK/dpa Germany ...

Polish PM Donald Tusk, under political pressure from the nationalist opposition, criticized Germany for refusing to pay war reparations.

World War II is one of the most significant events in human history. It claimed the lives of millions, devastated the economies of multiple countries, and forever changed life as we knew it. Its ...

The 80-year relationship between this country and the institutions, headquartered along New York City’s East River, has been one of the most felicitous ...

TALLINN, Estonia — Russian TV went into a full frenzy of celebration as it reported Moscow’s capture of the Ukrainian city of Bakhmut. There were comparisons to the Red Army liberating Berlin in 1945, ...

A World War II series has been garnering rave reviews from fans, with some even dubbing it a "masterpiece." The show, available to Netflix subscribers, narrates the tales of five friends during the ...

The horrific human atrocity of World War II ended aboard the USS Missouri in Tokyo Bay as Japan formally signed documents of surrender on this day in history, Sept. 2, 1945. The ceremony lasted just ...