Second World War

The latest Japanese aircraft carrier to be found was located in the Papahanaumokuakea Marine National Monument, roughly 1,300 miles northwest of Pearl Harbor.

Mayor Giuseppe Sala of Milan said he would ask the U.S. consul to formally apologize for a World War II bombing in his city that killed almost 200 schoolchildren.

The bombs that exploded in the air above the cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki were the first and last use of atomic weapons in human history.

Viewing these images side by side is a moving reminder of the passage of time, as well as the bravery of the Allied forces.

Thousands of people may need to be evacuated.

More than 1,000 military personnel were killed during the 1942 Battle of the Java Sea.

Poland's prime minister has been accused of "an inability to understand history" by Israeli leader Netanyahu.

With an estimated casualty count of nearly 2 million, the six-month siege of Stalingrad remains one of the bloodiest military clashes in modern history.

Poland's draft law could introduce fines and prison sentences for language that links the country to concentration camps.

First-hand accounts of the battle, stored in a London Museum, show the horror that has stayed with soldiers long after they were liberated.

Regional stakes high given North Korea's threat to test an intercontinental ballistic missile.

Hollingworth's reporting of the outbreak of war was one of the greatest scoops of all time.

Seventy years after cracking the Nazi's Enigma code, Bletchley Park is to become a school for hackers.

A Spanish double agent did everything he could to stop his wife from blowing his cover.

Obama is the first U.S. president to visit the city since its bombing in 1945.

Britain's longest reigning monarch turns 90 on Thursday.

Tokyo offers Seoul $8.3 million in compensation for the "comfort women" forced into sexual slavery.

"Holiday in the Protectorate" focuses on a family living like it's 1939.

In our May 14, 1945, issue, Newsweek wrote about the Nazi surrender to the Allies and the subsequent V-E Day celebrations.

"This was the generation that literally saved the world. That ended the war and laid a foundation for peace."

The Jewish Community of Thessaloniki wants to use the reparation money to build a memorial monument.