The Nanjing Massacre, in which an estimated 300,000 Chinese civilians and soldiers were killed and tens of thousands of women were raped, is one of the biggest atrocities of World War II.

Three unexploded U.S. bombs from World War II were defused on Wednesday in Cologne after the German city's biggest evacuation since the end of the war.

More than 20,000 people were evacuated from Cologne's city center Wednesday after the bombs were unearthed Monday during preparatory work for road construction.

The German U-boat U-853 sank the last U.S. merchant ship sunk in WWII. Historian Tim Gray speculates that German U-boats may have entered Narragansett Bay before the U.S. officially entered WWII.

COLOGNE, Germany (AP) — Three unexploded U.S. bombs from World War II were defused on Wednesday in Cologne after the German city’s biggest evacuation since the end of the war. More than 20,000 ...

The largest evacuation since World War II is taking place in Cologne today, as authorities sought to defuse three huge WWII bombs.

Finding bombs from WW2 is not unusual in German cities such as Cologne and Berlin, but these bombs were particularly large. Reuters Many of the city's usually bustling streets were eerily deserted ...

Tens of thousands were evacuated from a German city Wednesday after the discovery of three unexploded bombs in the city center left over from WWII. The operation in Cologne, located in western ...