Subsequently, Antonescu faced trial for war crimes and was executed by firing squad in 1946. Like many of the tyrants on this list, Norway's Vidkun Quisling saw the chaos of World War II as the ...

Hundreds of thousands of people have gathered across Australia and New Zealand for dawn services and street marches to ...

Gordes in France Provence region has a rich history, beginning its life as a fort of the Celtic tribe the Vordenses.

Executive director Laura Dumey said children can see more than 30 different posters hanging around the museum, and learn the ...

Before World War II, it was generally accepted that the ... if they lost, were summarily executed or imprisoned. There was no structured approach to dealing with 'war crimes' nor any general ...

“Her father was executed in Greece ... conflict of the Cold War. The U.S. and U.K. backed a right-wing royalist government, and communist states supported leftist guerrilla fighters. The conflict also ...

A rare piece of artwork had been hanging in an Upper East Side apartment for 40 years - but the owner only recently ...

Rosemary Dillon, of Chicago, was about 5 years old when her Uncle Harry, who was serving in the Illinois Army National ...

Two years later, a virtual version of the U.S. marine sits tall in a chair at the National World War II Museum, his medal hanging from his neck and military decorations bedecking his hat and blazer.

“Her father was executed in Greece by firing squad ... the U.S. and its allies allowed the anti-communist fever after World War II to brutally rupture the lives of ordinary citizens, even ...

The new World of Warcraft expansion, The War Within, will be a little friendlier to those who can't plow hours and hours into ...

During World War II, Congress authorized President Franklin Roosevelt ... To ensure affected communities are not left hanging, Congress has allowed them to recover cleanup costs from a comprehensive ...