But on 6 and 9 August 1945, the United States detonated two atomic bombs over the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, ...

Cities from London to Moscow will be awash with parades, flyovers and memorials this week as the world marks the 80th ...

On 8 May 1945, Carol Hanley was a cabaret performer in London's West End and remembers seeing a "seething mass of hundreds of ...

British Field Marshal Harold Alexander accepts the unconditional surrender of German and Italian forces in Italy and western ...

AS York prepares to mark the anniversary of VE Day on May 8, a date that once brought jubilant crowds to the city centre and relief to war-weary communities, it is worth pausing to reflect not just on ...

Newly released messages between spies show them sharing the news that the end of the Second World War in Europe was imminent.

A video of Prince Louis' hilarious hair-flick moment with Prince George went viral on social media for all the right reasons.

World War Two evacuees have told BBC South West about their experiences ahead of the 80th anniversary of the end of the war ...

Prince Louis ensured all eyes were on him with his antics at Buckingham Palace on Bank Holiday Monday.The royal, who turned ...

Photographs taken around 80 years ago show life in Liverpool and the impact war had on our city and its people during WWII.

Prince William looked smart in his RAF uniform as he joined his father King Charles, stepmother Queen Camilla, and other senior royals watching the military parade from the Queen Victoria Memorial ...

Second World War veterans will be among those attending a special concert for Scotland’s national commemoration of the 80th ...