The German city of Cologne has finished evacuating 20,500 people, its largest evacuation order since World War II, after officials defused three massive, unexploded bombs.

While discoveries of unexploded World War II ordnance — 80 years on from the end of the conflict — are not uncommon across Germany and parts of Europe, the proximity of the bombs to downtown ...

In Frankfurt, the discovery of a 1.4-tonne bomb in 2017 led to the removal of 65 000 people, the biggest such evacuation in Europe since 1945. In 2021 four people were injured when a World War II bomb ...

A German brigade has started operations in Lithuania, a NATO state that borders part of Russia. It's the first time Germany has put troops in another country on a long-term basis since World War II.

Donald Trump claimed that without America, Europe wouldn't have won World War II, as he says, 'we're the ones that won the war'. We all know that the president has made some outrageous claims, whether ...

World War II was exactly as it was billed, fought all over the world. World War II movies, of which there are many, are set across the world as well. Across Europe, Africa, and Asia, if there was ...

How World War II Became the Hottest Book Craze…for Kids Publishers are racing to churn out more historical novels about bombings, spies and young resistance fighters Share ...

LONDON (AP) — Even if the end of World War II in Europe spawned one of the most joyous days the continent ever lived, Thursday’s 80th anniversary of V-E Day is haunted as much by the specter ...

Thursday, May 8, marked the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II in Europe. The war reshaped Europe and the world from one of fear and conflict into one largely of fairness, competition and ...

Parades and memorials across Europe marking 80 years since Nazi Germany's surrender at the end of World War II. Eighty years ago today, Britons gathered around their radios. (SOUNDBITE OF ARCHIVED ...

LONDON (AP) — Even if the end of World War II in Europe spawned one of the most joyous days the continent ever lived, Thursday’s 80th anniversary of V-E Day is haunted as much by the specter of ...