Little wonder, then, that when World War II finally came to an end, the celebrations in Orkney went on long into the night.

CHIVALROUS veteran Jack Mortimer tucked the Queen into her blanket in the royal box outside Buckingham Palace. And the 101-year-old then gave Camilla a kiss on the hand as she left the VIP stand ...

Join South Africa in commemorating the often-overlooked stories of its World War II veterans at a three-day exhibition from 8 ...

The State of Israel also commemorates VE Day on May 9 largely as a result of the massive wave of immigration from the former ...

A new curation of rarely-seen photographs pays a striking homage to life during World War II. The photos are published in a ...

The Prime Minister set the scene for a week of celebrations commemorating the end of World War II, with King Charles, ...

DAR chapters and the local community will joing others across Texas May 8 to honor the sacrifice of veterans and remember the ...

WWII led to the development and mass production of the world’s first antibiotic called penicillin which revolutionised the treatment of bacterial infections. While penicillin was discovered in 1928 at ...

National commemorations and events for VE Day will begin on May 5 to mark the historic moment World War 2 ended in Europe.

A think tank released new Focaldata poll findings to show strong public appetite in the UK for more inclusive historical ...

A host of celebrations take place this week around Banburyshire to mark 80 years since the end of World War II in Europe.

Eighty years ago tomorrow (May 8), German troops surrendered to the Allied forces, marking the end to World War II. Six years of fighting, millions of lives lost, and entire cities levelled to the ...