The Latest Breaking News from World War II

AP reporters and photographers chronicled the Nazis' historic defeat 80 years ago this week

The attack came ahead of a planned unilateral 72-hours ceasefire announced by Russian President Vladimir Putin to coincide with celebrations in Moscow marking Victory Day in World War II.

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says Ukraine cannot guarantee the safety of world leaders flying to Moscow.

The voting fiasco has shaken the beginning of a leadership that was supposed to signal a new era of stability

Russian President Vladimir Putin will address the "grandest" ever annual Victory Day parade in Moscow on Friday, evoking the Soviet Union's defeat of Nazi Germany in World War II to rally support for his troops fighting in Ukraine.

The drone incursion comes ahead of planned celebrations in the Russian capital to commemorate the end of World War II.

Queen Camilla shared an emotional moment with a World War II veteran this week, expressing heartfelt admiration and personal reverence for those who served

Cities from London to Moscow will be awash with parades, flyovers and memorials this week as the world marks the 80th anniversary of Victory in Europe Day — the day Nazi Germany surrendered to Allied forces

In a forest near Berlin, the remains of 107 fallen Wehrmacht soldiers were ceremoniously interred last week. High school students placed white gerbera daisies on small black coffins, and then German soldiers lowered them respectfully into a large, freshly dug grave as a military band played a solemn tune.

A German organization is painstakingly searching for fallen German soldiers in order to identify them and rebury them, 80 years after World War II

Merz must secure 316 votes in the 630-seat strong lower chamber of German parliament in order to become chancellor.