Luc Haasbroek is a writer and videographer from Durban, South Africa. He has been writing professionally about pop culture for eight years. Luc's areas of interest are broad: he's just as passionate ...

There are no rows of white crosses along the Satsuma Peninsula or victory memorials dotting Kagoshima Bay. No markers at beaches on Kyushu bearing names of American car brands — Buick, Cadillac, Stutz ...

It is 80 years since Winston Churchill used a victory address on the BBC World Service on May 13th 1945 to lambast Taoiseach Éamon de Valera and Ireland's neutrality policy during the Second World War ...

Eighty years ago today, millions of Britons took to the streets to celebrate the defeat of Nazi Germany and the end of World War 2. News that the war had ended in Europe was broadcast by the BBC over ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. An estimated 50,000 people headed to Piccadilly Circus and nearby Trafalgar Square to celebrate the end of the Second World War on ...

Photos donated to a Hungarian archive reveal the devastating aftermath of the Siege of Budapest. The above photo, taken from the Buda Castle, is one of hundreds held in the Hungarian archive Fortepan, ...

Eighty years ago, Allied bombers destroyed huge parts of Dresden, killing thousands. Those exploiting the attacks for political ends often give casualty figures vastly higher than is historically ...

Eighty years ago on January 27, 1945, soldiers from Russia's Red Army entered the gates of Auschwitz-Birkenau in Poland and were the first to discover the horrors of the concentration camp where more ...

“Studied all day. Going to the club now,” is how one entry begins. Another describes the author’s outfit of the day: “Wore my pink pencil skirt and new drawstring blouse. Pearls and pearl earrings. My ...

Add Task & Purpose (opens in a new tab) Adding us as a Preferred Source in Google by using this link indicates that you would like to see more of our content in Google News results. There’s an old ...

One good turn, the saying goes, deserves another. The Allied forces of World War II were more than ready to accept a Nazi surrender, but when they realized they might have left a potential loophole ...

In early 1945, at least 860,000 women and girls in Germany were sexually abused by Allied soldiers. The victims, and the children they bore after being raped, suffer trauma to this day. Many remained ...