For centuries, fire was one of the major fears for city-dwellers. Dense cities built largely of wood could – and did – burn.

TOKYO (AP) — More than 100,000 people were killed in a single night 80 years ago Monday in the U.S. firebombing of Tokyo, the ...

The capture of the bridge at Remagen, a surprisingly intact path into Germany, helped U.S. troops hasten the end of World War ...

On March 6, 1944, during World War II, U.S. bombers flying from Britain began the first daytime attacks on Berlin.

Deep beneath the Dutch city lie vast subterranean spaces that have served as art canvases, air raid shelters and a strategic ...

We shall fight on the beaches, we shall fight on the landing grounds, we shall fight in the fields and in the streets, we ...

In the opening hours of World War II, in the early morning skies over Poland, both the Axis and the Allied side had aerial ...

Officers from Castle Hill Police Station confronted a 31-year-old man who was accused of drawing a Nazi swastika on his chest. Police were called to the Castle Hill Centenary of ANZAC Reserve War ...

The space was constructed in 1940 and 1942 as a deep-level air raid shelter “built by hand ... built by the UK government during World War II in response to Germany’s Blitz bombing campaign ...

The space was constructed in 1940 and 1942 as a deep-level air raid shelter “built by hand by the British ... It was one of eight such shelters built by the UK government during World War II in ...

Air raid sirens blared across Ukraine as Russian missile strikes continued. Meanwhile, Russian President Vladimir Putin said Europe could join peace talks, though he criticised past refusals to engage ...

Keele University researchers have investigated three World War II Allied aerial bombing decoy sites in North Staffordshire, UK, uncovering significant variation in preservation and construction.