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History is seldom tidy. Eras overlap and unfinished business from one period lingers into the next. World War II was a war like no other in the magnitude of its effects on the lives of people and the ...

World War II, which concluded 80 years ago, was a historic event that defined a generation. Tens of millions of people fought brutal oppression and an unfathomable Holocaust. Today, the world ...

When thinking about World War II, it's really easy to focus solely on the fighting in the Atlantic or Pacific theaters. But there were other theaters of war that were just as harsh, and the Finnish ...

The remains of people killed and left in mass graves in the waning days of the war are being given dignified burials. By Andrew E. Kramer and Yurii Shyvala Andrew Kramer reported from Kyiv, Ukraine, ...

One of the unfortunate truths about World War II, or any war for that matter, is that far too often, those who want nothing to do with the fighting are the ones most affected. This was true around ...