EDITOR'S NOTE: This "Historically Speaking" column contains the opinions of columnist D. Ray Smith based upon the research ...

World War II was about who would live and command the globe's resources and which peoples would disappear entirely because they were believed to be inferior or undesirable by the victor. This ...

It began when Nazi Germany unleashed ferocious attacks ... Emperor Hirohito surrenders and the most destructive war in history comes to an end. WW2: How was D-Day, the biggest ever seaborne ...

In the small hours of this morning - May 7th, 1945 - I saw the formal acknowledgement by Germany's present leaders of their country's complete and utter defeat by land, in the air and at sea.

"I have not seen a country anywhere that is as committed to a frank and painful discussion of its history as Germany is." Making a Nazi salute or denying the Holocaust in Germany could land you in ...