FILE - Russian President Vladimir Putin, center, holds a portrait of his father, also named Vladimir, as he walks with others carrying pictures of their relatives who fought in World War II ...

Left, a 1932 self-portrait by Lee Miller ... images for the magazine whose cover she once graced. During World War II, ignoring personal warnings from U.S. diplomats to return stateside, Miller ...

World War II veteran Valentina Efremova, 101, poses for a portrait in Yakutsk, Russia, on Friday, April 18, 2025. Efremova served as a nurse in field hospitals on the front lines. (AP Photo/Roman ...

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump has issued a proclamation designating Thursday as a day for the United States to celebrate victory in World War II as countries in Europe already do.

Professor Sönke Neitzel used secret transcripts of German prisoners of war to create a unique portrait of the mindset of soldiers during WWII. For many decades after the end of World War II (WWII), a ...