The Latest Breaking News from World War II

The UN refugee agency says more than 3.5 million people have fled Ukraine since Russia’s invasion, passing another milestone in an exodus that has led to Europe’s worst refugee crisis since World War II. UNHCR reported Tuesday that 3.53 million people have left Ukraine, with Poland taking in the lion’s…

Germany’s parliament has paid tribute to Boris Romanchenko, who survived several Nazi concentration camps during World War II but was killed last week during an attack in the Ukrainian city of Kharkiv

The family of Private Edward Walsh have decided to auction the photos along with his medals

Brigade named after Prince Constantine of Ostroh traces its history at least to World War II.

We need to prepare now for the humanitarian disaster resulting from Vladimir Putin’s scorched earth war on Ukraine: the probable displacement of 10 million or more sudden refugees. We’re witnessing the fastest crisis displacement of innocent people since World War II, with more than 2 million documented Ukrainian refugees —…

The head of the U.N. refugee agency is in Kabul to tell Afghans they have not been forgotten — even as the international community scrambles to deal with the devastation of the war in Ukraine and a humanitarian crisis unseen in Europe since World War II

Military bands, with their shiny instruments, formal uniforms and precision marching are one of the most instantly recognisable symbols of a nation’s defence forces. As such, throughout much of history, their membership as been limited to men: Australian defence force bands only formally welcomed women into their ranks after the…

A longtime relief worker says Myanmar's army is targeting civilians in fighting on a scale unmatched in the country since World War II

On the night of Thursday, October 2, 1941, German bombs rained down on South Shields, killing 68 people, injuring 117, and making 2,000 homeless